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Been sometime since Ive had a tort, but not new to the reptile world. Looking at building a redfoot enclosure for a hatchling. Enclosure will be 20x33 for now. Building a plexiglass tub on a stand (top, bottom and sides made of plexi). Will have a UVB light overhead. 75w unless thats not enough, though my understanding was UVB lights arent measured in watts? Correct me if Im wrong. Rather than have an overhead CHE or heat lamp (red is what I have in my supplies), I wanted to use flexwatt as Ive used it for various enclosures for geckos, balls, etc.
From my research seems others have a hard time keeping the temps about 80 degrees F with just flexwatt and resort to having a top on it, but then run into air flow issues. Wanted some advice from those who have used it successfully. What issues did you run into, fixes for issues, and the area of the bottom of the enclosure you covered. Depending on the reptile, ive covered 1/3-3/4 of the bottom of an enclosure.
Other idea is to run a smaller heat lamp bulb over the large one I have (about 6" in diameter). Sources for smaller bulbs? thinking 75/100W should be sufficient at approx 8-10" above substrate.
From my research seems others have a hard time keeping the temps about 80 degrees F with just flexwatt and resort to having a top on it, but then run into air flow issues. Wanted some advice from those who have used it successfully. What issues did you run into, fixes for issues, and the area of the bottom of the enclosure you covered. Depending on the reptile, ive covered 1/3-3/4 of the bottom of an enclosure.
Other idea is to run a smaller heat lamp bulb over the large one I have (about 6" in diameter). Sources for smaller bulbs? thinking 75/100W should be sufficient at approx 8-10" above substrate.