Tihsho
09-13-14, 08:22 PM
Hey all,
Four years back in College I kept a two ball's which I sadly had to re home upon graduation since I was unable to house them at the place I was renting post grad. I had both of them in their own 20 long's and kept them for three years and they were great! Since I've got a little more time and space I've decided to get back into the hobby, but this round I've decided to go tubbed to offer a better enclosure for the little guys and gals. Just spent tonight setting up a temporary surface, as I'm planning to go rack later, with two strips of 3" Flexwatt on a sheet of melamine and three 15 (17" x 11.5" x 6.5") quart tubs. As a show's coming up in a week I just am preparing to pick up 2-3 juvies and go from there. The 15 quarts, from what I read, were large enough for juvies and should house them for a bit. I guess my first question is when should I bump them to a 30/50 quart? I expect this should suffice for 3-6 months.
Currently the tubs are setup with the rear receiving belly heat via two 3" FW strips attached to a Big Apple Supply thermostat set to 88. I was planning on placing a hide on the hot end and a water dish in the cool. Substrates planned will be newspaper or paper towels for simple weekly cleaning/replacement. I'm currently dialing in the heat params from the thermostat and measuring heat in each enclosure via ExoTerra digital probe thermometers. One setup has a hygrometer/thermometer digital (sort of probe?) that I'm using to monitor average humidity levels of the enclosure to make sure I don't need to add more holes. I've mounted the temp probe to the interior surface of the tub and with the thermostat set to 88, the tubs surface temps are reaching 94.3 on average. I understand this is high for Regius, so I'm fiddling with the thermostat to see if I have a faulty unit or if the probe is actually incorrect. Regarding the Flexwatt, should I space the tubs from the surface of the Flexwatt? I currently have them sitting directly on the Flexwatt and am concerned with the direct heat being a bit too much for not only the tub but the individual animal.
Any input on this would be greatly handy. Thanks for being such a great forum. I had a lot of great reading to get up to this point.
Four years back in College I kept a two ball's which I sadly had to re home upon graduation since I was unable to house them at the place I was renting post grad. I had both of them in their own 20 long's and kept them for three years and they were great! Since I've got a little more time and space I've decided to get back into the hobby, but this round I've decided to go tubbed to offer a better enclosure for the little guys and gals. Just spent tonight setting up a temporary surface, as I'm planning to go rack later, with two strips of 3" Flexwatt on a sheet of melamine and three 15 (17" x 11.5" x 6.5") quart tubs. As a show's coming up in a week I just am preparing to pick up 2-3 juvies and go from there. The 15 quarts, from what I read, were large enough for juvies and should house them for a bit. I guess my first question is when should I bump them to a 30/50 quart? I expect this should suffice for 3-6 months.
Currently the tubs are setup with the rear receiving belly heat via two 3" FW strips attached to a Big Apple Supply thermostat set to 88. I was planning on placing a hide on the hot end and a water dish in the cool. Substrates planned will be newspaper or paper towels for simple weekly cleaning/replacement. I'm currently dialing in the heat params from the thermostat and measuring heat in each enclosure via ExoTerra digital probe thermometers. One setup has a hygrometer/thermometer digital (sort of probe?) that I'm using to monitor average humidity levels of the enclosure to make sure I don't need to add more holes. I've mounted the temp probe to the interior surface of the tub and with the thermostat set to 88, the tubs surface temps are reaching 94.3 on average. I understand this is high for Regius, so I'm fiddling with the thermostat to see if I have a faulty unit or if the probe is actually incorrect. Regarding the Flexwatt, should I space the tubs from the surface of the Flexwatt? I currently have them sitting directly on the Flexwatt and am concerned with the direct heat being a bit too much for not only the tub but the individual animal.
Any input on this would be greatly handy. Thanks for being such a great forum. I had a lot of great reading to get up to this point.