Hey,
I was wanting to add a liittle more heat to my tanks... The basking spots are fine, it's just the ambient temps aren't high enough. I was thinking of running a heat cord (don't know what wattage) under all the sand on the bottom of the tank to bump it up a bit. My question is, how hot do they get? It would be under maybe 5cm of sand, and would be on 24 hours a day. I would prefer not to have to use a thermostat if possible, so would a low wattage one (say 50w?) running the length of a 4x2 foot tank present any problems if it weren't on a thermostat, such as burning the wood or something? Or, if this doesnt work, is it possible to have a 60w ceraminc bulb running 24 hours a day to achieve the same thing?
Thanks
Cam
I was wanting to add a liittle more heat to my tanks... The basking spots are fine, it's just the ambient temps aren't high enough. I was thinking of running a heat cord (don't know what wattage) under all the sand on the bottom of the tank to bump it up a bit. My question is, how hot do they get? It would be under maybe 5cm of sand, and would be on 24 hours a day. I would prefer not to have to use a thermostat if possible, so would a low wattage one (say 50w?) running the length of a 4x2 foot tank present any problems if it weren't on a thermostat, such as burning the wood or something? Or, if this doesnt work, is it possible to have a 60w ceraminc bulb running 24 hours a day to achieve the same thing?
Thanks
Cam