So I put my new corn in a ten gallon tank. He is small so he still has plenty of room. I got an undertank heater that is about 8" x 8" and placed it under one side of the tank. Temps are about 78 on the substrate above the heater. That seems a bit too low to me. Temps in my house are usually between 70-72 so the cooler side of his tank is about the same. I am thinking the warm side isn't warm enough. What do you think? I have a small heat lamp that has a 50 watt red bulb in it. Thinking I may need to place that over the tank as well. Any advice will be helpful.
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Question on temps and my new setup
- Thread starter RickNC
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rockinmindless
New member
Do you have a digital thermometer with a probe? The probe should be under the substrate. The uth should easily heat the tank to where you need it, usually they heat it too high without a thermostat or rheostat. Temps should be mid 80's on the warm side.
Ghor Vrath
Goth Boy
what kind of substrate are you using ? it sounds like its absorbing a lot of your heat.. and how thick is it?
Slippery Ernie
New member
Get a rheotstat (lamp dimmer switch) asap. Tune it down so the temperature of the glass below the substrate is in the mid 80's. That is the hottest point the snake will be able to come in contact with. If the snake needs to warm up a lot, he can go under the substrate.
Slippery Ernie
New member
darn, no edit button
If you want to make a warm hide to make it easier for the snake to warm up, bury a hide in the substrate on the hot end so the snake has easy access to the warmest area of the tank.
If you want to make a warm hide to make it easier for the snake to warm up, bury a hide in the substrate on the hot end so the snake has easy access to the warmest area of the tank.
cornsnakekid92
trouser snake
Your snake with burro under the substrate and also if it is just a thermo with a probe those take just air temps above the area, a surface temp gun works better and i have found it to be that the temp is really 5-10 degrees warmer then a probe says.
Lennycorn
Just see the truth
The fear is that the snake will burrow under the aspen and burn himself. So taking the temp on the glass above the uth is the so called best spot. You do need to have a thermometer with a probe (indoor/outdoor type) to get good reading and a rheostat or better yet thermostat.
cornsnakekid92
trouser snake
YOu plug the UTH into the thermostat, you do not use aa everyday thermostat you use a reptile made one.
fire daemon
i am the hydra...
i don't know where you live, but up here i find that i have to put a heat lamp on as well as a light AND keep my room temp up for my viv to be at good temps. also, for substrate i use shelve backing for my viv. they can't get under it, at all. you can get that at wallmart no prob. just make sure your snake likes it. the first one i got, solid green colour, my snakes wouldn't go on. at all! then i got the thinner one, multi coloured. you get enough in a roll to make two floors for a 20G tank. so i can swap them and clean then when i need. kinda handy. let me know if you want a pic or more details.
marc
marc