Steven Neil Groginsky wrote:
> I read a message in rec.pets.herp from probably a Swedish guy who recommends
> 30 C during the day and 25 C at night on the hot end. I say 88 F and 5
> degress C less than that at night sounds good to me.
>
> I have also increased daylight from 12 to 13 hours and will eventually go to
> 14.
>
> Note to other newbies: It would be a good idea to wait and see how this
> goes before you try it (don't try this at home :)
>
> Note to Julie: What temperatures and daylight hours do you use?
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I use mother nature's daylight and nightime hours. I have a Helix system that
controls the lights and heat tapes with a photoelectric eye. It senses dawn,
dusk and heavy cloud cover. At dawn the incandescents gradually power up and
then the full spectrums click on when the incandescents are fully powered up.
The reverse happens with cloud cover or dusk. Purdy cool, and I threw out a
whole bunch of timers to boot. My herp room wiring is much less complicated now!
Helix has a lot of affordable stuff for beginner to advanced, I recommend them
highly, also for the best incubators. They are in San Diego, CA and usually
advertise in the herp mags, the Bean Farm also carries their stuff. When one of
their systems goes down, they will overnight you important pieces. They support
their product fully, not charging you for problems related to flaws in their
product, unlike other (Lyon) herp incubator suppliers!
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
GGA lifetime member
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