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Ok this is an expansion of another thread where ncbeast and I were trying to get his hot side to temps. This is simply a pictorial showing how my hot hide side is set up, how the probe is tacked sown etc. Plus just a little showing off of Eros, not that he was happy about being disturbed mid day.
Just a few exterior shots of the tank showing what insulating measures we took to ensure proper temps.
So I hope this pictorial was able to help yas out.
Peace...
Top view of Eros' hot hide with all his furnishings intact. You can see his litterbox and what we call "stonehenge" in the left corner.
Top view with furnishings removed:
Hot hide with top removed revealing one UNHAPPY Eros. You can see his back foot on the black elect. tape holding down the probe.
Now that Eros has evacuated to his cool side hide we get a good look of what the inside of his hot hide looks like:
Eros hiding in his cold side hide giving me that "dirty" look: This one was just for fun...
Close up of my probe and how it's secured to the bottom of the tank for accurate temp readings.
You can see the probe end is directly on the surface.
Another view of the probe from the side:
After re-assembling his hot hide you can see how the probe is situated in there.
My 6x11 mat runs the width of the tank so being a 20 long it is 12 inches wide so the mat takes up the entire area under his hot hide.
A happy Eros gets to go back to his happy hot hide, but NOT happy about the light intrusion:
Top view with furnishings removed:
Hot hide with top removed revealing one UNHAPPY Eros. You can see his back foot on the black elect. tape holding down the probe.
Now that Eros has evacuated to his cool side hide we get a good look of what the inside of his hot hide looks like:
Eros hiding in his cold side hide giving me that "dirty" look: This one was just for fun...
Close up of my probe and how it's secured to the bottom of the tank for accurate temp readings.
You can see the probe end is directly on the surface.
Another view of the probe from the side:
After re-assembling his hot hide you can see how the probe is situated in there.
My 6x11 mat runs the width of the tank so being a 20 long it is 12 inches wide so the mat takes up the entire area under his hot hide.
A happy Eros gets to go back to his happy hot hide, but NOT happy about the light intrusion:
Just a few exterior shots of the tank showing what insulating measures we took to ensure proper temps.
This is a semi side shot where you can see the plastic styrofoam insulation we applied to the tank to help keep the heat from transferring thru the glass.
You also get a good look at the 1x2 slats of wood the tank rests on for air circulation for the UTH.
This is the plastic styrofoam that we use on both sides of the tank and under the tank under the uth:
We covered half the screen top with foil to redirect heat back into the tank:
But looking at the foil was ugly so we had a little piece of ply wood cut to size and now it's a nice little table. If you look at the bottom of the tank you can also see the little 1x2 slats of wood the tank rests on to provide air circulation for the UTH.
Soooo that's Eros' tank and how we keep his temps proper. The light holds a 15 watt incandescent frosted bulb which provides maybe 2-3 degrees of additional heat. We alternate between a 50 watt blue moonlight bulb (which takes us up to about 102-103F) and a 75 watt infrared heat lamp bulb (which has taken us as high as 110F) as the weather demands. You can't read the thermometer but it says 94.5. Just about perfect.
You also get a good look at the 1x2 slats of wood the tank rests on for air circulation for the UTH.
This is the plastic styrofoam that we use on both sides of the tank and under the tank under the uth:
We covered half the screen top with foil to redirect heat back into the tank:
But looking at the foil was ugly so we had a little piece of ply wood cut to size and now it's a nice little table. If you look at the bottom of the tank you can also see the little 1x2 slats of wood the tank rests on to provide air circulation for the UTH.
Soooo that's Eros' tank and how we keep his temps proper. The light holds a 15 watt incandescent frosted bulb which provides maybe 2-3 degrees of additional heat. We alternate between a 50 watt blue moonlight bulb (which takes us up to about 102-103F) and a 75 watt infrared heat lamp bulb (which has taken us as high as 110F) as the weather demands. You can't read the thermometer but it says 94.5. Just about perfect.
So I hope this pictorial was able to help yas out.
Peace...
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