Heating Questions.

[Julie]

Ok, gonna sound thick but this will be my first beardie when tank is sorted!...so I'm gonna get a beardie soon, got all the gear for it, but having trouble getting right temperature. Totally confused, everywhere tells you different and I'm stuck.. what temperature should the warm and cold ends be? I have a basking lamp, UVB lighting and a ceramic heat emitter for night should it get too cold here. Also do I keep lights on all day (like 12hrs ish) or to come on and off. my thermostat allows the lights to come on and off twice per day, can set day and night temp so heat emitter only comes on when it drops 1 degree C below the setting or go off if over by 1.

 

[Bill]

100-110 for basking 12hrs. cool side i leave at room temp i live in northern ohio and i never use ceramic heat at night.

 

[Julie]

I live in the UK.. ermm ok so.. my basking lamp is a Exo-Terra 75W bulb.. and the basking area is getting to 40.5 degrees c n counting the lamp is as high in the viv as it can be. any ideas on that? and the hot side is getting too hot 36.6 even though i told it to only get to like 32 max(ok i'm slightly thick , had the probe too high, i've repositioned it to be about 1/2inch from substrate which is kitchen towel whilst the beardie is young). i could add the light onto the heat emitter timer but means would be on at night.. i have the basking lamp and heat emitter on that side tho not easy to install anywhere else really.oh the CHE is set to only come at night. i have a 4ftX2ftX2ft viv. the UVB and bask light seem to overkill on heat

 

[Bill]

what kind of uvb for basking we use a 60W light bulb

 

[Julie]

it's the 75w exo-terra sun glo (daylight spot) bulb.could swap it to standard light if it's toooo hot.
http://www.exo-terra.com/en/products/sun_glo_tight_beam.php

 

[Bill]

how cold does it get at night in your house

 

[Julie]

erm not too cold during summer. especially as it's in a room that is generally quite warm 90% of the year. last nights temp was like 26-27 degree C but it's pretty warm here. so the CHE never kicked in

 

[Bill]

your basking is good whats the temp at the other end

 

[Julie]

the cold end is too high i think.. 29.5 c

 

[Bill]

we keep ours at 80f just add some ventilation

 

[Julie]

the viv is a melamine viv.. has 4 vents in back panel.. n glass sliding doors.. what would you do to add ventilation to this?

 

[Bill]

post some pictures

 

[Julie]

ok will do. will adding more plants and rocks(which i'm waiting on as were out of stock ) bump temp up?

 

[Bill]

are they live?

 

[Julie]

artificial plants. I dont trust live plants incase it munches on them. till i get more knowledge to safe plants etc

 

[Bill]

ok your basking rock needs to be underneath the light for the uvb if to high temp then lower watts

 

[Bill]

got to go to work now

 

[Julie]

ok thanks, the one there is temporary till the proper turns up. made of same materials etc. i think i need a lower wattage bulb cus it shoots to like 49 plus when rock under it

 

[Julie]

would you suggest getting a reptile fan for ventilation?

 

[Julie]

My house temp is pretty high today..naturally 27-28c.. If I put the basking light on the temp in hot side soars upwards to like 44c and basking hotter than that..I know to keep the tube UVB light on(this is a Exo-Terra Repti-glo 10.0 25w tube). I've changed the temp for the CHE.. it'll pretty much never come on unless house is at 16-17c.. is there anyway i can ventilate the viv to help regulate the heat in there as it's being a bit of a rollercoaster. Pics above for type of viv and basking rock under the basking light properly now for more accurate reading.