How do i keep everything warm in the tank

[Brittanybaby22]

Is it safe for the temperature to go up and down all the time i have a ten gallon tank and my substrate is a mix of eco earth and play sand i think everything is working right i am looking into getting a heat lamp

[landlubber]

I personally think it's fine if it fluctuates a bit in a pattern. For example in my tank I keep under tank heaters on the back of the tank but I also have a lamp which gets me the last 5 degrees I need to get to 80 for my straws. Every night before I got to bed I remove the lamp and put a blanket over the tank. This allows the tank every night to slowly drop back down to 75 by morning. I actually do this because I think it's good for them to have day/night cycles which are like what they would have in the wild. But that's just me, some people just feel it's better to keep it constant-and keeping temps/humidity stable certainly does keep crabs thriving.

If it's fluctuating randomly, if the temps fall outside the acceptable range then this kind if change I believe can actually be VERY harmful.

Did that answer your question?

[Brittanybaby22]

Yes thanks

[wodesorel]

Hi Brittany! Nice to see you back. How warm is your tank staying?

[Brittanybaby22]

Its at 60 digress right now is that bad

[amart24]

Its at 60 digress right now is that bad

yes

[wodesorel]

Very bad! They need to always be above 70 degrees. Is your house that cold?

Do you have any photos of your crabitat? Last winter your tank was okay with the two heating pads - what has changed?

[Brittanybaby22]

Everything is still the same except i changed the substrate i mixed the play sand with eco earth and i replaced the water bowls to deeper ones and Rockwall and dwebble are doing great i would have dwebble for two years in may and Rockwall a year in may i got them both on my brithday

[CallaLily]

Maybe one of your UTH failed? Do they feel warm to the touch? Or maybe the thermometer?

What temperature is the room they're in? Can you bump the room temp up some if it's low?

It's good to hear from you again and I'm glad Dwebble and Rockwall are doing ok. Hopefully we can get that temp up for them!

[Brittanybaby22]

It 79 in the apartment i am in and the heaters are warm the temperature went up between 60 and 80 degrees

[megmaholm]

If your apartment temp is 79 your tank should be well above 60, so that's weird. Are you sure your thermometer is reading correctly? Do you have another one you could try out just to check?

Glad your crabs are doing well, 2 years so far for Dwebble isn't bad at all!

[Brittanybaby22]

The temperature reads between 60 - 70 degrees i am not shear what's wrong

[Crabinski]

Hi, Brittanybaby22! We haven't heard from you in quite a while so I'm glad to hear you've still got Dweeble and that he now has a friend .

As @megmaholm said, if the temperature in your house is 79 degrees, it doesn't seem likely that the tank is colder than that by more than a degree or two. Maybe your tank thermometer is getting old and is giving you false readings? If you're worried that the temperature is getting too low, you can always drape a lightweight blanket around the back and sides of the tank to boost the temperature inside.

[Brittanybaby22]

I will try that thanks

[CallaLily]

I agree, it sounds like your thermometer is broken. Unless your tank is next to a very drafty window or door?