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lucyloop
Hatchling
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 22/10/2010 : 22:05:21
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Hi All,
Can you give me advice? I am picking up snakey tomorrow and so have set my faunarium up and just popped on the heat mat (with stat) to get it warm and ready. I have taped the mat to the underside of the tank as its plastic and I assumed would heat quickly and sufficiently. Can anyone tell me how long it takes to get to the required heat - have set at 30 for now? I have thermometer but dial type so will get a digital one shortly as I read dial ones arent too brill. However I have the stat and thus I hope that should be enough for now. My heat mat is 7W and a third of the tank so I assume ok. Just worried Tiko wont be warm enough. All I need is for someone to say it will be plenty warm in a few hours!
Thanks guys in advance
Lucy
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
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Posted - 22/10/2010 : 22:22:36
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| a small mat should get up to temp and stabilize well within an hour, i'd still use the dial thermometer till you get a decent digi one, just place it on top of the substrate above the mat |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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lucyloop
Hatchling
United Kingdom
265 Posts |
Posted - 22/10/2010 : 22:27:01
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Thankyou, i have just moved it to above the substrate and it has gone up to about 28 already.
Thanks for the help
Lucy |
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gingerpony
Queen Bee
United Kingdom
10455 Posts |
Posted - 23/10/2010 : 09:28:46
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you can pick up digital thermometers for about a fiver, i like the slightly more expensive twin probe thermometers that are about £8 and you only need one  |
cornsnakes, ratsnakes, bullsnakes, boas and day geckos
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Heat Mat - how long to get hot?
