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Temps?
I am curious? What temps do you keep your BRB's at? I am asking because Jeff Clark has recently changed his care sheet to suggest much lower temps. 75-83F with prolongued temps over 85F being fatal. He changed it because too many people were putting their BRB's in small tubs and cooking them with hot spots that were too hot. I am wondering what temps other experieced keepers are keeping their temps at?
Our adults are kept with an ambient temp of 78-80F on the cool side with a very small basking spot of 95F when checked with a temp gun. Keep in mind that we use 3 1/2 foot tubs and the hot spots are created by 3 inch flexwatt at the very back of the tub. This makes the hot spot very small. For example if I shoot 1 inch over from the tape with the temp gun it is 85F.
If someone would try to use a light or a large piece of flexwatt to attain this much heat it would raise the ambient temp to fatal levels!
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