steviequicks325
New Member
Hi all,
I'm building a three level home for my hermann's tortoise but I've read to stay away from heat pads and use mainly lights. My question is, instead of attaching a heat pad to the side of the tank on the lower level should I add another light instead? I wanted to have the top be the basking/hottest area and the lowest level the sleep/cool down area, but wanted insight on what is needed/best. Details: home doesn't get below 70 degrees F day or night, ceramic heat bulb on at night on top level, humidity fan and probe are built into tank, top light is currently 13in from basking spot (should i switch to low profile light casing?), substrate will be fir bark on lowest 2 levels.
Thank you for any opinions and help!
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I'm building a three level home for my hermann's tortoise but I've read to stay away from heat pads and use mainly lights. My question is, instead of attaching a heat pad to the side of the tank on the lower level should I add another light instead? I wanted to have the top be the basking/hottest area and the lowest level the sleep/cool down area, but wanted insight on what is needed/best. Details: home doesn't get below 70 degrees F day or night, ceramic heat bulb on at night on top level, humidity fan and probe are built into tank, top light is currently 13in from basking spot (should i switch to low profile light casing?), substrate will be fir bark on lowest 2 levels.
Thank you for any opinions and help!
![20240908_210631.jpg 20240908_210631.jpg](https://data.www.tortoiseforum.org/attachments/365/365189-0a84160ff75b9a410fb05c100c516853.jpg)