is my temp too hot

[Joeylespaul]

is it good that my tank with the light on is 107 degrees f and 25% humidity

 

[tlbowling]

Too hot, the warm side should be between 88 and 95

 

[Joeylespaul]

What about the humidity

 

[prettyinpink]

Humidity you shouldn't have to worry about as long as you're not misting the tank (which you shouldn't be doing)...they'll get their 'humidity' through their moist hide.

Hope that helped ya

 

[Joeylespaul]

Too hot, the warm side should be between 88 and 95

When I turn the lamp off it's 80 what amount of watt bulb should I get

 

[Psychotic4mb3r]

are you going by floor temps or over all tank temps? If your not going by floor temps, you should be. Just trying to clear that up since you said something about humidity lol . Those things you stick to the side of the tank are no good for leos

A good temp should be 89ish for the belly heat..

What watt bulb are you using? If i need to up my temps a little i use a 50 watt bulb depending on the weather..

 

[Joeylespaul]

Im going by The temp over all of the tank

 

[Euphillia]

You should be measuring the temps on the floor. I have a digital probe that is taped down to my hot side.

 

[Joeylespaul]

Thank you

 

[Joeylespaul]

I think the floor temp on the hoot side is good because she seems to like it there

 

[prettyinpink]

You're using a UTH right? You should be able to get the temps up without using a light...the light stresses them out. Make sure you're using a temp gauge with a probe.

 

[gothra]

Even if your floor temp is right, the air temp of 107 is still too hot. I feel 25% humidity is too low too; somewhere between 40-50% is better.

 

[Joeylespaul]

do i need the lamp if i have a heating pad

 

[Joeylespaul]

You're using a UTH right? You should be able to get the temps up without using a light...the light stresses them out. Make sure you're using a temp gauge with a probe.

im sorry for asking this im sort of newbie thats why i joined the forum whats uth under tank heater

 

[prettyinpink]

uth = under tank heater yes.

You don't need a lamp if you have the heating pad. Do you have the heating pad?

 

[Joeylespaul]

yes i was using the lamp during the day and a uth at night

 

[Dog Shrink]

Keep the uth on 24/7 and only use the heat lamps if you need to make up heat values. If your mat isn't reaching the proper floor temps of 88-95 then you can suppliment heat with a lamp or get a larger uth. Make sure you have a probe thermometer on the floor of the tank directly over the uth for most accurate readings.

 

[Mich]

There is a poll for temps under this housing section .. there are quite a few people that have theirs at 100 .. and plenty of people chose from 88-100 in the poll. I keep mine around 94.