Help Me Heat Up

[panicbess]

I cant for the LIFE of me get my 20 long up to 92.. The warm side has an under tank heat source. It is sitting under the tank as usual. The cool side is around 78 and the Warm side is 84 or so? Any advice on keeping the heat in? I have a 75w red light too help with heat, and a Tube light that doesn't come on much.
I need some advice being new to Geck's doesn't help.

 

[Joao]

What kind of heat mat? How are you checking the temps?

 

[TokayKeeper]

You might try switching the red light out for a regular bulb. I have a few select males setup in 10 gallon tanks. My herp room stays about 78-82 so I provide no night heat to these cages. Day heat is provided with a 40 watt GE Reveal bulb (the reveals give a more white light temperature than standard incandescents). The 40 watt takes the surface temp of their warm side cave to roughly 94 degrees with interior cave temps ranging from 87-92. This is a setup I've been doing since 1996 and is a setup similar to what you have described.

Given you're using a 20L, I'd try bumping up to a 60watt bulb in junction with your heat pad. That should get your day high into the appropriate range and then utilize the heat pad at night to maintain your thermal gradient. You can still use the red bulb for night viewing if you'd like.

 

[panicbess]

Got it up this weekend thanks so much. Had to up the UTH....Do you use Red Bulbs? Mine keep blowing (HELP)?

 

[Pinky81]

I use red infared bulbs. I think i have a 100w and a 75w. I keep my apartment at 65degrees so I was having issues keeping my hot side up. the infared on top of getting rid of substrate and replacing with papertowel did the trick. I know some say no lights at all..but my male will actually climb his hide and sit right under the infared light. Come spring and summer I won't need the light.