So my T8 finally came in after about 5 weeks. Got here in a day after it shipped as AP is based out of Iowa and I'm west of Chicago. Everything looks great; however, I am undecided on how I want to setup the cage now that the RHP is on the far left side of the cage. This is for an 18 monthish old Tarahumara Mountain Boa.
- Room temp ranges from 69-74 year round
- I intend to use my Ultratherm 11x23.5 UTH on one of the two sides of the cage, I'm thinking left under the RHP?
- I am unsure of where to put the RHP temp probe (both heat sources will be hooked up to a Herpstat 2) at. I currently have a hole drilled right along the back wall under the RHP so I can hang it inside the cage a few inches below the RHP? Although, I do plan to use RHP to keep ambient temp, should I move prove to cool side?
- The temp probe for the UTH will go under one of the 3 recessed areas under the tank depending on where the UTH goes
- Currently I use aspen with my current setup but I am able to remove the top for easy cleaning. Removing the top on the AP T8 is about 16 or so screws (maybe more) so I am considering using corrugated wrap or any other suggestions people might have...I fear the aspen will be a pain to clean in the small 12" high T8?
Pics attached, I have a 2 ft long dimmable RGBW LED strip inside the cage on the inside of the sliding glass door wall. The wire is shrink wrapped and then cable clipped along the wall and ceiling and out the back, top left side of the cage. The controller is mounted to the back of the cage.
I have 2 small screws drilled into each side of the cage for thermometers, each with their own temp probe, to mount to. My main question is where to put the temp probes for these at? I was thinking running them both out right behind the thermometer and along the side and back on the floor of the warm and cool side? This would mean 4 more small holes but would give me fairly accurate readings all over the enclosure?
Yes it needs to be cleaned out real good and the pic with the LEDs is with the brightness all the way up, it'll never be that bright.
https://1drv.ms/f/s!AqOCHQW1MOLxtSvv04CLpZ6A8SrB
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
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