How am i doing?

[JoshGoldberg]

The top is humidity and the bottom is heat. I need a way to turn off the heat at 80 but she has a giant mound of sphagnum moss to burrow into if she needs to cool downthe numbers are
99.7% humidity
88.7 °F

 

[sullygirl85]

The top is humidity and the bottom is heat. I need a way to turn off the heat at 80 but she has a giant mound of sphagnum moss to burrow into if she needs to cool downView attachment 146027the numbers are
99.7% humidity
88.7 °F

If that is the hotter end of the tank then I believe that you are doing well. I have a similar reader and I am not sure that it is that accurate. I am trying hard to find a reliable humidity reader. I bought one and then it died within a day. Yay for eBay..lol. But I think that is a great overall temp, I learned from Tom one of the guys on here that seems to know a lot that the tanks are not suppose to dip below 80 so as long as no where in your tank is below 80 degrees, you should be great

 

[wellington]

What is the basking temp? 88 is a,little high in my opinion for an over all temp. I would try to get it down, to 80/85, even if it's just a section of it, but with a basking area of 95-100. The humidity is good. I have leopards not sulcata but the care is the same. Putting your heating elements on a thermostat will help to regulate and hold temps, however a mvb can not be put on one.

 

[JoshGoldberg]

What is the basking temp? 88 is a,little high in my opinion for an over all temp. I would try to get it down, to 80/85, even if it's just a section of it, but with a basking area of 95-100. The humidity is good. I have leopards not sulcata but the care is the same. Putting your heating elements on a thermostat will help to regulate and hold temps, however a mvb can not be put on one.

Mvb?

 

[Blakem]

Mvb= mercury vapor bulb

 

[Careym13]

What are your other temps in the enclosure? Basking, cool end and night?

 

[Bogie=babyDINO]

I use this temp controller and its on Amazon for a reasonable price. Took me a while to get my temps right. You'll get there.

 

[JoshGoldberg]

What are your other temps in the enclosure? Basking, cool end and night?

Basking is 103
Cool 86 (i need to cool it down somehow, but she has a pile of sphagnum moss that i put a small ice cube in and it keeps the temps down to about 74-79.(in the pile)
At night it stays 75 all the way around (my top to my tank isnt the tightest fit) lil z usually sleeps on a rock that heated up under the basking light or in her moss pile

 

[JoshGoldberg]

I use this temp controller and its on Amazon for a reasonable price. Took me a while to get my temps right. You'll get there.
View attachment 146046

Thanks!! Lil zillas shell has being growing in very smooth for about 2 months now. But some scutes just wont stop going up

 

[Careym13]

Basking is 103
Cool 86 (i need to cool it down somehow, but she has a pile of sphagnum moss that i put a small ice cube in and it keeps the temps down to about 74-79.
At night it stays 75 all the way around (my top to my tank isnt the tightest fit) lil z usually sleeps on a rock that heated up under the basking light or in her moss pile

With the humidity as high as it is, I would not let the temp get below 80 at anytime. If you can drop the cool end to the low 80's that should be fine. My enclosure goes no lower than 82 at night because I have very high humidity like you.

 

[JoshGoldberg]

With the humidity as high as it is, I would not let the temp get below 80 at anytime. If you can drop the cool end to the low 80's that should be fine. My enclosure goes no lower than 82 at night because I have very high humidity like you.

Okay. Is 86 all around okay? She has cooler spots in the tank but she doesnt like them. She prefers to be warmer and rarely leaves the heat lamp. She basks right under it then moves a little then falls asleep

 

[Careym13]

Okay. Is 86 all around okay? She has cooler spots in the tank but she doesnt like them. She prefers to be warmer and rarely leaves the heat lamp. She basks right under it then moves a little then falls asleep

86 for an ambient air temp during the day should be fine. If she is sleeping under the light then other areas of the enclosure are likely too cool. Do you have more than one thermometer? I use several in my enclosure: one in each hide (probe style), one just under the surface of the substrate under the basking light (probe style), then two similar to the style you have in the corners opposite each hide. Also, do you have a temp gun to do spot checks?

 

[JoshGoldberg]

86 for an ambient air temp during the day should be fine. If she is sleeping under the light then other areas of the enclosure are likely too cool. Do you have more than one thermometer? I use several in my enclosure: one in each hide (probe style), one just under the surface of the substrate under the basking light (probe style), then two similar to the style you have in the corners opposite each hide. Also, do you have a temp gun to do spot checks?

Not a temp gun as of yet. I had a probe style for thermometer and it read 103 under the heat lamp and 82 in her coolest spot. Ill stop doing the ice cubes and let that temp even up

 

[Careym13]

Sounds good!

 

[sullygirl85]

My sulcata is like yours. She likes to sleep under the heat lamp but explores other areas of the tank. Her other areas are around the lower 80s while the hot end is in the upper 80s sometimes lower 90s but then I dim the basking light to even out the temp. Humidity in my tank averages between 76-83 so I'm trying hard to keep it steady but it's difficult she doesn't have any row lines yet so I'm not sure how I'm doing in that department

 

[JoshGoldberg]

Sounds good!

My sulcata is like yours. She likes to sleep under the heat lamp but explores other areas of the tank. Her other areas are around the lower 80s while the hot end is in the upper 80s sometimes lower 90s but then I dim the basking light to even out the temp. Humidity in my tank averages between 76-83 so I'm trying hard to keep it steady but it's difficult she doesn't have any row lines yet so I'm not sure how I'm doing in that department

Row lines?

 

[sullygirl85]

Row lines?

Grow lines sorry