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[eavaef]

Hot side on the floor where your gecko will be.

~Maggot

so to make sure one under the hot hide for the UTH and one close to the floor hot side CHE

 

[Embrace Calamity]

so to make sure one under the hot hide for the UTH and one close to the floor hot side CHE

Sorry, I'm a little confused by this question. =/

~Maggot

 

[eavaef]

Sorry, I'm a little confused by this question. =/

~Maggot

hmm...

I have two Thermostats , one for the UTH and one for a Ceramic Bulb. The thermostat for the UTH I put its probe inside of the Hot Side Hide. The thermostat for the Ceramic bulb , should I put the prob near the ground or higher in the tank since I'm going to be using it to keep the air temps in range as well ? Hope that clears it up , but it can be hard to explain my thought process sometimes. Thanks Again. Once I get this figured out I should be good to go to finish up once my last packages arrive ! Oh and I'm currently getting coconuts scraped out , baked and boiled for hides.

 

[Embrace Calamity]

hmm...

I have two Thermostats , one for the UTH and one for a Ceramic Bulb. The thermostat for the UTH I put its probe inside of the Hot Side Hide. The thermostat for the Ceramic bulb , should I put the prob near the ground or higher in the tank since I'm going to be using it to keep the air temps in range as well ? Hope that clears it up , but it can be hard to explain my thought process sometimes. Thanks Again. Once I get this figured out I should be good to go to finish up once my last packages arrive ! Oh and I'm currently getting coconuts scraped out , baked and boiled for hides.

OHHHH, okay, I got you. No, put it on the ground, since that's where your gecko will be. Monitoring the temps halfway up the tank won't tell you what your gecko is experiencing - unless it's a rare levitating morph.

~Maggot

 

[eavaef]

sounds good. I will add pics of the tank once its fully together this week , hopefully on Wednesday ! Than I have a month to monitor the tank till the Northern Virginia Reptile show next month

 

[Embrace Calamity]

sounds good. I will add pics of the tank once its fully together this week , hopefully on Wednesday ! Than I have a month to monitor the tank till the Northern Virginia Reptile show next month

That's awesome! I look forward to seeing it. I'm sure it'll be great.

~Maggot

 

[eavaef]

So I finished my coconut hide. What do you guys think ? I had to coconuts but on one both halves busted in the oven , the second one both halves came out nice but one section busted when cutting a opening so this is all that was left.

Also I have a general idea of how I'm going to do my layout of the tank.

Where the stump is on the left I'm going to be using Exo Terra Reptile Cave the small version which is 3.5 x 6.8 x 2.2 or maybe keep the log or get the smaller version , what do you guys think ? In the middle that is the container I would like to use as the Humid Hide but its clear and not to sure what to do to make it dark. on on the right cool side I have the water dish and the new coconut hide. Will place the food dish in while feeding and still need to add a cap of calcium. Also thinking of adding a back ground to all three sides , leaving the front open. I'm hoping to find a nice 20 gallon long tank at the expo next month.

 

[Embrace Calamity]

Looks good. I don't think you need to worry about making the humid hide dark unless you have an extremely skittish gecko. If you still want to, though, you can buy some moss or river rocks and attach them using aquarium sealant. And I'd suggest going for the small rock cave, just because the gecko would feel more secure in that. If you can find a 20 gallon long, then you can use all three of the dry hides - one on the warm side, one on the cool side, and one in the middle.

~Maggot

 

[eavaef]

Sounds good , and thanks again for all the help , it has made the process of getting ready a little less stressful

 

[Embrace Calamity]

Sounds good , and thanks again for all the help , it has made the process of getting ready a little less stressful

It's what we're here for.

~Maggot

 

[eavaef]

Could I use medical tape to hold down the probes of the thermostats and thermometers ?

 

[Embrace Calamity]

Could I use medical tape to hold down the probes of the thermostats and thermometers ?

Don't use tape inside any herp's enclosure. I've heard some horror stories. If you need to weigh it down, use rocks or something.

~Maggot

 

[eavaef]

sounds good

 

[eavaef]

I now have all items except one new hide , but the tank is now heating up ! Will post pics soon , once I get it to temp and the way I like it

 

[eavaef]

3 hours and so later , my temps are looking good , my hot side ground is at 92.4 air temp is 84.9 my cool side holds steady at 78.3 and and 79.2 for air. My UTh thermostat is set at 91 and CHE is set at 85.

 

[eavaef]

Here are a few images , still waiting on the new rock hide for the hot side which comes tomorrow. Temps are still holding. The thermostat in the first pic is for the CHE. Any suggestions ?

 

[Embrace Calamity]

Looks good to me. I'm not sure if you were one of the people saying you wanted to get a bigger tank, but the Co of Pets has a sale on tanks of $1/gallon. I'd snatch one up now if you have a few bucks to spare.

~Maggot

 

[eavaef]

Sweet, I will half to look into that !

 

[eavaef]

Just got my new hide in and placed it in , after a short while the temps shot up , guess the rock really does heat up. So i Turned down the CHE to 80 so it doesn't stay on all the time. Will see how it goes. Hopefully I will be picking up my new leo this weekend from a local breeder. Will place the paper towel in the wet hide at that time , going to leave my sticker thermometer and the other one just to have a back up to the digital thermometers and thermostats

 

[eavaef]

Half to take the UTH back just realized only half of it is heating up