#hide placement

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crisp sparrow
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Is this ok placement

quasi bear
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That's how I have a few of mine setup but I do believe you may want 1 or 2 more hides as well nqa

crisp sparrow
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This is kinda the quarantine tank

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I was told 3 is fine

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When I upgrade to bioactive I will get more

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And better looking ones

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How can o make them@dark tho

crisp sparrow
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This stuff I bought for the tank

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Is the heating source ok?

boreal sonnet
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I don't think the dual fixture is good. You can check out !shoppinglist nqa

steady bluffBOT
crisp sparrow
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Looks ok in the list

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Dome, basking bulb

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Che for night

boreal sonnet
crisp sparrow
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I know imma buy branches at a store

boreal sonnet
# crisp sparrow Looks ok in the list

Iirc you want a 8.5 inch dome, flukers has it. And that bulb doesn't look safe. You only need night time heating if the enclosure temperature drops under 65F (18C) nqa

crisp sparrow
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My room is kinda cold so I just put the Che on a thermostat to regulate it to 85

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75*^

crisp sparrow
boreal sonnet
boreal sonnet
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Ig I see dual as bad bc the dual fixtures I have promote coloured lights which are a no no, but don't take my word for that they are bad nqa

crisp sparrow
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This one isn’t colored

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It’s from reptizoo

ornate goblet
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You want this dome to go with your thermostat

crisp sparrow
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Why does the dome size matter? I’m sure the dual will work just fine

ornate goblet
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It's not the dual size, it's that this dome has a manual dimming switch you can use to dim the bulb to the correct temperature. Otherwise your thermostat is going to be turning on and off your light all day

crisp sparrow
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Is the dual doesn’t end up working I’ll return it and get that

ornate goblet
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If you find that your light is turning on and off in the dual once you hook it up to the thermostat, try the dimming dome I linked

crisp sparrow
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Wouldn’t it be easier to just buy a dimmer

ornate goblet
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The dimming dome is a dimmer that comes attached to the dome. You can buy an external dimmer but just make sure it's compatible with wattages and whatnot with the dual dome, as I don't really know how the duals work electricity-wise

crisp sparrow
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It’s 2 seperate plugs

ornate goblet
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So only one of those plugs is going to be able to fit into your thermostat then?

crisp sparrow
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I have a lot of dual plug extensions

ornate goblet
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I don't have a dual dome so I'm having trouble picturing what this looks like in my head, but just make sure all heat sources are on a thermostat for safety reasons (and that the wattages are all compatible and you're not overloading any circuits for any extensions or adaptors you're using)

crisp sparrow
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Would a 7am turn on and 7pm turn off work

boreal sonnet
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I do 8am-8pm

crisp sparrow
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Ill just do what I do for my beardie

boreal sonnet
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And what's that? 7?

crisp sparrow
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Yup

boreal sonnet
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Yea that works

agile harbor
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NQA If you're running both light bulb and CHE together, by splitting the single thermostat output to feed both plugs, the thermal probe will be reading the combined heat output. Which would definitely turn your light bulb on and off constantly along with the CHE.

crisp sparrow
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There never on at the same time

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Che is for night only

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Basking bulb is for the day

agile harbor
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So you'll be unplugging them in and out every night cycle.

crisp sparrow
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I guess

quasi bear
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I got a timing strip for like 20 bucks at petsmart

agile harbor
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You'd need to change your thermostat settings too every time you switch. 😩

crisp sparrow
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I might not even need the Che depending on my room tem

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Temp

agile harbor
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Unless you get another one that's constantly on, just waiting till temps drop below 85 to supplement heat.

crisp sparrow
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I set the basking light to about 100? On the thermostat

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At night the gradient will be like 75 cuz my room is 75

agile harbor
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You don't need che if it's that warm then 😌

crisp sparrow
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Ik, it’s backup

pine sigil
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I feel like buying a single Che and halogen + domes would be cheaper and more affective

agile harbor
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^^ if it really is just back up for emergencies.

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Buying that $64 dome when you ain't sure you'll use both, when the flukers singles you can aim separately and are cheaper when buying 2 units will save some more bucks and give more choices to your settings.

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They're dimmable.

pine sigil
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There dimmable and the light spread is better with a wider dome aswell

crisp sparrow
agile harbor
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What's their wattage then?

crisp sparrow
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100w