Bronx11
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- Feb 27, 2016
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Hello everyone!
This week I finally pulled the trigger and set myself up to adopt a baby Sulcata. I've been reading a lot and have gotten the materials for constructing a terrarium (40gal).
The things that have been taking the most time have been humidity and heating. I opted for a 100watt CHE for heating. To assist with humidity on the cool side, especially for the humid hide, I got a Nat Geo Fogger.
So, I use a screen top right? And, I've trouble keeping humidity up without closing it all in. I used saran wrap to test and I was able to get it at 80%. I'm pretty sure having the top closed off will solved the issue, but that puts me into another problem.
The main problem I'm having is heat. The CHE I got doesn't heat as well as expected. I know all my heat is going out as soon as it goes in. So the question arises; how does everyone have the daytime temp so high if they have open top terrariums? The solution looks like i need to encase the dome inside the terrarium, but that'll require me to cut into a nice screen top I have. It also looks bad just hanging there imo. I would prefer to have it sitting on top, but what are my options?
This week I finally pulled the trigger and set myself up to adopt a baby Sulcata. I've been reading a lot and have gotten the materials for constructing a terrarium (40gal).
The things that have been taking the most time have been humidity and heating. I opted for a 100watt CHE for heating. To assist with humidity on the cool side, especially for the humid hide, I got a Nat Geo Fogger.
So, I use a screen top right? And, I've trouble keeping humidity up without closing it all in. I used saran wrap to test and I was able to get it at 80%. I'm pretty sure having the top closed off will solved the issue, but that puts me into another problem.
The main problem I'm having is heat. The CHE I got doesn't heat as well as expected. I know all my heat is going out as soon as it goes in. So the question arises; how does everyone have the daytime temp so high if they have open top terrariums? The solution looks like i need to encase the dome inside the terrarium, but that'll require me to cut into a nice screen top I have. It also looks bad just hanging there imo. I would prefer to have it sitting on top, but what are my options?