UTH Questions & Help
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My UT UTH took just 3 days to arrive after purchase.
Anytime I bought a ZM UTH, they died out after a whole year of using it.
Anywhoo, talking crabitat. My crabitat has been hanging around 83 - 84 since yesterday because the weather warmed up.
The forecast for tomorrow is supposed to cold, and rain.
Anytime I bought a ZM UTH, they died out after a whole year of using it.
Anywhoo, talking crabitat. My crabitat has been hanging around 83 - 84 since yesterday because the weather warmed up.
The forecast for tomorrow is supposed to cold, and rain.
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The 24 watt seems to be helping. I still have the 8 watt up. Temp's not quite reaching 80 but the humidity is higher. And I put alot more foliage in there yesterday, a 2nd story shell shack, another hidey place, and they seemed alot more active last night. Now the fun begins. Lol.Cherylco55 wrote:I really didn't want to wait for it to be shiiped. I just boight the zilla 24 watt. We'll see.GotButterflies wrote:I love the ones from http://www.reptilebasics.com or http://www.beanfarm.com I don’t care for the zoomed heaters-
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Sounds cool!
I'm reinforcing my straw hammock for my crabitat.
I'm reinforcing my straw hammock for my crabitat.
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Cherylco55 wrote:The 24 watt seems to be helping. I still have the 8 watt up. Temp's not quite reaching 80 but the humidity is higher. And I put alot more foliage in there yesterday, a 2nd story shell shack, another hidey place, and they seemed alot more active last night. Now the fun begins. Lol.Cherylco55 wrote:I really didn't want to wait for it to be shiiped. I just boight the zilla 24 watt. We'll see.GotButterflies wrote:I love the ones from http://www.reptilebasics.com or http://www.beanfarm.com I don’t care for the zoomed heaters-
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Temp still isn't quite at 80 and humidity still pretty low. 68-70%. The mesh lid is sealed pretty good. Almost completely. I don't know what else to do to get humidity up.
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I personally don’t like zoomed for that reason. They are expensive, don’t heat that well, and then you stick them once onto the tank. Anyways....okay- how deep is your substrate? Deeper substrate helps with humidity. I definitely think glass tops help too! I know those are pricey though. Is your hygrometer calibrated?
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It's not a zoomed. It's zilla. I don't know if that's any better. 5 inches. I looked up how to calibrate. Seemed really difficult. I have 2. One on each end. I can switch them and see if they measure the same as the other.GotButterflies wrote:I personally don’t like zoomed for that reason. They are expensive, don’t heat that well, and then you stick them once onto the tank. Anyways....okay- how deep is your substrate? Deeper substrate helps with humidity. I definitely think glass tops help too! I know those are pricey though. Is your hygrometer calibrated?
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Quick question about glass tops (sorry to interject on another post) -- can they still get enough air with a glass or plastic top if you don't have air lines / stones in the tank?GotButterflies wrote:I personally don’t like zoomed for that reason. They are expensive, don’t heat that well, and then you stick them once onto the tank. Anyways....okay- how deep is your substrate? Deeper substrate helps with humidity. I definitely think glass tops help too! I know those are pricey though. Is your hygrometer calibrated?
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The air exchange will be enough when you open it to change out food, water, and to clean out poop
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Do you have bubbler pools? My crabitat is absolutely perfect humidity with those. I live in Florida and I use a 24 watt Zilla Uth with a thermostat and my tank stays at 83 degrees. We keep our AC set at 81 constantly so my house conditions are way different than those who live in a cold state.
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Yay, thank you!GotButterflies wrote:The air exchange will be enough when you open it to change out food, water, and to clean out poop
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