Hi Neil,
More nighttime temp. drop is better. 60s and 70s are easily tolerated.
Julie Bergman
http://www.geckoranch.com
Steven Neil Groginsky wrote:
> I've managed to stabilize the day/night heating levels within the past week,
> mostly just from getting used to it and putting in a lot of thermometers.
> However, I have plans to optimize the system furter. Today I made the
> rounds and bought a lamp dimmer, a dark red theatrical lighting "gel", or
> colored heat-resistant piece of thin plastic, and some electrical hardware.
> I'm going to have a fun time putting this stuff together
>
> On the site they said you hae to leave some airspace between the gel and the
> lamp, so I will be using an empty cereal box sitting on top of the tank. I
> guess I will add a fluorescent daylight bulb that I have kicking around to
> provide adequate daytime light. And that's it for now. I'll have to see
> how Roxy likes the now setup. Seems like she likes things pretty well now,
>
> Only thing I worry about is if I'm providing sufficient nighttime
> temperature drop. Probably goes down to around 80 F at the warm end.
> That's the way it worked out and I'm scared to make any changes to go lower.
> Comments would be appreciated.
>
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