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18-Mar-07, 01:16 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: NSW Age: 32 | | | Enclosure and heating help.
This has been bugging me for a month now, where I live is a hot and dry climate, my question is...should the red heat lamp be on during the day for a hot spot while they are roaming in their enclosure?
Because I cannot get the enclosure cool enough for it to come on during day light hours unless our outside temp drops below 27'C..
I have hatchling Diamonds and they are in seperate click clack homes inside a bigger enclosure and they have a heat mat. I take the lids off so they can roam around amongst the tree and log etc to help with UV lighting as I am sure it does not go through plastic lids. Just unsure about the heat lamp.
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18-Mar-07, 01:22 PM
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If it's warm enough without the heat lamp on why would you want it on?
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18-Mar-07, 01:22 PM
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how bigs the click clack?
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18-Mar-07, 01:27 PM
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If you're enclosure temp is 27 then that is perfect for the Diamonds...no need for additional heating
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18-Mar-07, 01:28 PM
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I have no idea on the measurement size of the click clacks, they are not small like chinese containers . Umm...they are about the size of a small microwave. They share a heat mat and sit inside a 7ft x 4ft long enclosure.
I just thought they would like a hot spot. There is temp gradient just from the uv light and heat mat.
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18-Mar-07, 01:30 PM
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Thanks Aslan, temp fluctuates from 25-27 at one end and is 28-30 in the other where the uv light is.
Wow this red globe is going to last forever..lol
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18-Mar-07, 01:44 PM
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Ideally you would like a larger gradient - with 27-28 max temperatures. Obviously cooling is more difficult than heating so don't make it harder on yourself with another globe 
What is your night time low temperature in the cool end? If your warm end remains about 27-28 and you let your cool end drop at night it might be alright...
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18-Mar-07, 01:47 PM
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hey mate i have diamond hatchies and if ure avereage temp is 27 there is no need for extra heating that is plenty for them anything over 30 is far to hot
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18-Mar-07, 02:39 PM
| | Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: NSW Age: 32 | | | |
cool end at night is around 19-24, depends on the heat outside. Nights where it is 30'C outside it is around 24 in the enclosure.
Winter will be fine, it's just our summer months. I am so glad it's nearly over, in the mid 30's next week, yippeee
Can you put like a baby air con next to the tank with a window attachment to blow inside the tank? All safe so snakies cannot get into the working parts if you get what I mean. I am asking this ready for next years summer.
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