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minno · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 8:22 pm Post subject: Exo-Terra Rainforest Heat Pad

http://www.blackjungle.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=PT-2026&Category_Code=S&Store_Code=BJTS

anybody had any experience with these?
and whats the difference between this and a normal heat mat?

also for the people that have heat mats where do u put urs?
i wont b having a exo terra tank so ill be putting a piece of polystyrene on the outside of the tank where I'm putting the heat mat so the surface don't get too hot

Exalted Gecko · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:21 pm Post subject:

The only real difference is cost...

Are you planning on putting the polystyrene in between the viv and the heat mat? Just because you will block 90% of the heat if you do that, polystyrene is an insulator.
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minno · Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 1:42 pm Post subject:

just thinking bout the surface temperature where the pad is, its only going to be used to put up 10F at the most

Exalted Gecko · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 2:56 pm Post subject:

Heat mats aren't the best for arboreal species at all. I really would use a pygmy bulb if I were you, either way whatever heat source your using, it should be on a thermostat so it cant get to hot for the gecko.
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minno · Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 6:24 pm Post subject:

tbh ill probz get a bulb easyer 2 keep an eye on and cheaper in the long run, defo gna get a thermostat that way i dnt need 2 keep an eye on the temperature all the time, would the best thing 2 do be to put the sensor for the stat just below the bulb and set it to 79F? also would a moonlight night bulb offer enough heating to keep it above 65 throughout the night?

Exalted Gecko · Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 10:22 pm Post subject:

Just put the sensor where you want the warmest spot to be, if you have it close to the bulb it will turn the bulb off to quickly. Go by the wattage of the bulb, not the daft names they put on them. I dont bother with night time heating in my vivs to be honest.
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minno · Posted: Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:02 am Post subject:

thnx chris, after a week with a digital thermometer in my room my lowest stats are 61F with 39% humidityand the highest is 81.2F with 58% humidity, for summer cooling i have a huge desktop fan that managed to cool my whole room in the summer of last year (my bedroom is very small and south facing, perfect combination for a warm room lol so im thinking dont worry bout getting heating until it starts getting cooler,
also thinking about getting lighting for day and a moonbulb for night, does anybody know of decent lightbulbs that generate next to nothing heat, and also if the moon glowbulbs generate much in the way of heat? ill be having them hung over the top of the tank about an inch or 2 above the mesh at the top