AZSid
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So I will pull it all apart tomorrow and line up the sides with plastic as well to see if that helps. The top actually has that foil insulation lining on it, so I will leave that be.
The settings are at 80% and 80*. The problem I'm having is getting an adequate basking spot without overheating the whole thing! It's currently just after 11 at night and with our air on full blast, our house is still at 82* inside. Yay southern AZ and swamp coolers. so during the day when it's easily 95* in the house... we keep the tank directly in path of a vent so it keeps cooler than the rest of the house ambient, but rarely does the CHE kick on for more than a few minutes. Once I turn that basking light on, the whole tank starts to heat up. After just a few minutes, the temp was up to 86* on the far end from the light. Tomorrow I'll be building a chamber to raise the light without having to revamp the whole lid and I'll see if that works at all. If not, I don't know what to do. The 50w didn't affect the ambient much, but wasn't providing an adequate bask.
The settings are at 80% and 80*. The problem I'm having is getting an adequate basking spot without overheating the whole thing! It's currently just after 11 at night and with our air on full blast, our house is still at 82* inside. Yay southern AZ and swamp coolers. so during the day when it's easily 95* in the house... we keep the tank directly in path of a vent so it keeps cooler than the rest of the house ambient, but rarely does the CHE kick on for more than a few minutes. Once I turn that basking light on, the whole tank starts to heat up. After just a few minutes, the temp was up to 86* on the far end from the light. Tomorrow I'll be building a chamber to raise the light without having to revamp the whole lid and I'll see if that works at all. If not, I don't know what to do. The 50w didn't affect the ambient much, but wasn't providing an adequate bask.