Heat

[JREED]

Have a reptotherm 30/40 in my 20 long.i have tile on cool end and repticarpet on warm end....doesntbseem to be getting hotter than 87....I have temp gun, zoo med thermometer and thermostat is set to 95......

J Reed

 

[stager]

Is the heater under the tank? If you put it inside and throw a tile over it it will get hot where you will have to tone it down.

 

[JREED]

Is the heater under the tank? If you put it inside and throw a tile over it it will get hot where you will have to tone it down.

Is that what I should do? I really wanna use my tile but it was barely warm..Didnt know I could put it inside between tank bottom and tile.....

J Reed

 

[SC Geckos]

You can always turn your thermostat up higher in small increments until you get to the ideal warm side temp. I have had one or two thermostats in the past that I had to set to 100 - 105 in order to get my warm side surface temp into that 90 - 93 degree range. Just make sure you adjust the thermostat in small amounts and monitor the temp over several hours to make sure you don't over shoot the the temp range.
It could also have something to do with the placement of the temp probe from the thermostat.

 

[JREED]

You can always turn your thermostat up higher in small increments until you get to the ideal warm side temp. I have had one or two thermostats in the past that I had to set to 100 - 105 in order to get my warm side surface temp into that 90 - 93 degree range. Just make sure you adjust the thermostat in small amounts and monitor the temp over several hours to make sure you don't over shoot the the temp range.
It could also have something to do with the placement of the temp probe from the thermostat.

The probe for both thermostat and thermometer are side by s8de laying on repti carprt in center of where the UTH is..I would much rather use the tile but it is very textured on bottom causing air povqkets..

J Reed