Help with CHE pls

[DIYjoanna]

Hello! Setting up my viv now. Want to get temp/humidity figured out and enclosure well planted and bioactive before I buy a hatchling. Enclosure is 36x18x18 mesh top. I’m having issues getting heat up. I bought a 65w CHE that’s sitting on mesh so I’m thinking that’s not enough wattage maybe. It seems to be only rising temp to 77 directly under CHE and temp on other side is 75. our house is 71. I’m assuming I need to go with a higher wattage CHE. What wattage would y’all think would be needed to rise the temp another 7-8 degrees or so?

 

[Littleredfootbigredheart]

Hello and welcome!
For a hatchling you’re going to need a closed chamber set up, not one with a mesh top, that size won’t last you long at all, what species is it you’re getting?🙂

 

[Tom]

Hello! Setting up my viv now. Want to get temp/humidity figured out and enclosure well planted and bioactive before I buy a hatchling. Enclosure is 36x18x18 mesh top. I’m having issues getting heat up. I bought a 65w CHE that’s sitting on mesh so I’m thinking that’s not enough wattage maybe. It seems to be only rising temp to 77 directly under CHE and temp on other side is 75. our house is 71. I’m assuming I need to go with a higher wattage CHE. What wattage would y’all think would be needed to rise the temp another 7-8 degrees or so?

That enclosure is really too small for anything but a brand new tiny hatchling of a small species. What species are we talking about?

For any hatchling, you need a large closed camber with all of the heating and lighting contained inside. Using heating and lighting on top creates a chimney effect that draws all the heat and humidity up and out into the room, replacing it with cooler drier air.

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