Heating

[stumpy skye]

Hi folks myself and stumpy were wondering if any one could help us with what wattage of ceramic heater we can put in his vivarium? Oh its a 35gallon but will be moving to his new penthouse of 70/80 gallon soon hopefully, cheers Derek & stumpy

 

[diegothediggy]

Is use around 40 watt to syart with n chack ur temps its quite hard to get ur temps just rite ur baskin area.needs to b at least 6 inchs from the light.

 

[stumpy skye]

Thanks for that will give it a try

 

[suzy]

I have 2 75w. For 2 basking areas they are on dimmers and usually stay around 1/3 of the way from off it keeps the basking spot at 98-100.

 

[diegothediggy]

Yep thats gud. Do they uave a cooler area aswel so if they get too warm they have somewhere to cool dwn. U want that area around 80.

 

[stumpy skye]

I am managing to get the cool side to stay about 80 ish but the quicker I get the new viv done the better both our stress levels:O

 

[diegothediggy]

Hehe i no it can b stressful but just remember it is quite hard to get temps rite so dnt worry bout it.

 

[stumpy skye]

Just a quick up date, looks like we are getting temps sorted out, stumpy is eating and pooping a lot better and has a lot more energy, boy is he fast , thanks for the help guys, Del & Stumpy

 

[diegothediggy]

Glad 2 hear it

 

[kingkung]

Do BD's need a UTH mat or are lights enough?

 

[timbalan]

No uth. Lights should be enough. They can burn themselfs with a uth. No heat sensors on their bellys

 

[jarich]

I would recommend sticking with light as a heat source over both the UTH and the ceramic. These are light loving animals and most enclosures are kept too dark, with limited UVA exposure. Is it night time heat you were looking for with the ceramic?

 

[stumpy skye]

Stumpy new viv has a ceramic, a day spot for basking and a uv tube and temps are good and he loves it, will try and upload some photos soon...

 

[stumpy skye]

 

[Luvthemanimal]

Please get rid of that dial thermometer..... They are JUNK and DO NOT read temps properly.....

Get two of these.....

One should be placed directly under basking bulb at highest point your beardie can get.

The other should be placed other side of viv to monitor cool side temps..........

You should also get a hydrometer and place in the center of your viv to monitor humidity.

 

[stumpy skye]

Have a digital one that I check with regularly to keep an eye on them, but will look into the hydrometer for humidity....

 

[PatsyB]

My boyfriend smokes cigars and he used to get these little digital gauges that kept track of the humidity in his humidor. I used to steal them to keep track of the humidity in my tanks, they were pretty accurate and cheap!

 

[vince-n-tasha]

I cant seem to get my temp in his tank higher then 90 i have to basking lights one 55 watts and one 75 watts please help

 

[DanielE]

Are you saying that you cant get the basking spot over 90 or the whole enclosure?
You do want the basking spot to be 105-110 ideally but then you want the temp on the cool side in the mid to low 80s.

I also dont understand why you have two basking lights? You only need one right over the basking spot.
A pic of the setup would be helpful.

 

[vince-n-tasha]

Because with one basking light i only get the temp up to 80 so when i have both it gets right at 90the cool side is at 77 to about 80 i don't kno what else to do tried to use different light but cant get it hotter then 90