Getting my first noodle Tuesday!

[OkamiFlautist]

I just bought a CHE today with a lamp and a stand (WHY ARE STANDS SO EXPENSIVE!) as my temps were too low after running the UTH for about 24 hours. also i was originally using newspaper for substrate, swapped to half eco earth and half reptibark and that helped my humidity alot. my humidity is sitting at a solid 60, i just need to get my temps up higher. For reference pre-CHE i was sitting at about 76 cool side and low 80s hot side. its too low. i'll see where everything is at after i get home from work with the CHE and see if its going to be enough of a difference or if i should return the glass and swap to tub.

i may also just throw my space heater in my room and call it a day, idk lmao

That's the exact substrate mix I started off with! My humidity is too high granted so I've switched to a bit more reptibark and less eco earth now which has helped me.

I heated the room a bit at first, but the big thing was adding the CHE plus the foam. The foam seriously really helps!

This is the foam I am talking about if you are not sure what kind I mean:

https://www.homedepot.ca/product/owe...dge/1000436411


Also holy cow. Yes stands are super expensive...

i have a thermostat hooked up to the UTH, i had the thermostat maxed at 108 and in tank temps were still low. i think the UTH may be too small. i bought the one for the 10-20 gal tank but it was smaller than i expected it to be. i got the CHE in the hopes i could turn down the UTH a bit so its not running maxed 100% of the time. i have a thermometer with a probe on the hot side and an acurite thermometer with humidity gauge on the cold side. Thermostat probe is between the UTH and the base of the enclosure.

Does your thermostat have multiple outlets? I have my UTH and CHE both on the same thermostat, with my probe below my hot spot on the glass. That way neither of them are running 100% and they help balance eachother out.

One thing I should mention though is I got a very tiny 4W UTH and placed it on the side of my viv on my cold side. That raised the ambient temperature to the correct level for both sides for me.

Also, if you do not already have one, an infrared thermometer gun is SUPER helpful for this sort of thing, especially since you may need to put the thermostat at a 'higher' temperature to reach your desired temperature inside.