all the temperature literature... just sort of confuses me. i seem to be doing fine but i want better info.
i have a 10 gallon terrerium with a teenager leopard gal. i keep the light on my right hand side when facing the front of the terrerium. its on a stand away from the wall with a screen cover. i use the red bulbs. the pet store told me to get a 75 watt and a timer.... i thought that kept it too cold when the timer was off as it always goes down to 70 or maybe lower on the cold side. so i got a 100 watt that is set to time for 30 min on, 30 min off all day and night. that puts it at 88 when on but the hot side is 70 when the timer is off. then it occured to me, what if i ran the 75 watt full time. it would keep it at 75 full time. however, what are the heating hazard of that on the cage screen all day 7 days a week. and should the gecko really be more than 75 then? should i stick with what i've been doing with the 100 watt at 30 min on, 30 min off ? should i keep the 100 on at all times so the terrerium is always 88 on the hot side? oye, my biggest fear is catching the screen on fire. the second fear is that its a 10 gallon with one gal in it. what if the cold side is too cold for too long? sure she hangs out on the warm side when the timer is off and even often times when it is on. but is that going to make her ill with the constant on and off of the heat? then there is the whole "ambiant temperature" thing. i think the bigger question is, do i really need the timer? am i timing the heat appropriate? should i stick with the 100 watt or use the 75 watt? _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
