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Re: My AP T8 finally came in!
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Originally Posted by sattva
The way I have understood it, "and please correct me if I am wrong" the RHP will not affect ambient temperature... I think it was John at Reptile Basics who told me this... He said it heats objects like the sun does... That's why it's supposed to be more therapeutic... He suggested using something like slate under the RHP for a basking area... He also suggested I put the prob 2 to 3 inches under the panel... I don't get my stuff until next Wednesday so until I get it all installed it's all theory to me...
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No an rhp will absolutely affect ambient temperature much like the sun does. Heat is radiated down, absorbed by the floor, substrates etc and then radiated back up and repeat. The earth's ambient temperature is a function of the sun heating the ground and this heat being radiated back out hence why it gets colder with altitude.
Uth's will have very little impact on ambient temperatures as it will only heat what is pretty much touching it. They are pretty useless for things like lizards that like to bask and heavy bodied snakes. They are also pretty useless for arboreal species.
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0.1 B imperator, 1.0 M spilota harrisoni, 1.0 C hortulanus, 2.1 P reticulatus (Madu locality), 1.1 S amethystine, 1.1 L olivaceous, 1.0 C angulifer, 1.0 Z persicus, 0.1 P regius, 0.1 N natrix, 0.1 E climacophora, 1.0 P obsoletus, 0.1 L geluta nigrtia, 1.0 P catenifer sayi, 1.0 T lepidus
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