reereejugs
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Edit: Guess I did the image wrong. Here's a link: http://imgur.com/gallery/jFrxDiJ
We moved him into a 40 gallon breeder yesterday from a 55 gallon tank for the floor space. Lester is recovering from MDB & can't climb so the move was necessary. Now I can't get his temps up where they need to be and he doesn't seem to even want to be on the warm side. He keeps hauling himself over to the cool side no matter which side I make the cool side. Idk what his deal is. What can I do to get his temps up?
Specs:
•40 gallon breeder w/screen top
•Zoo Med Mini Combo Deep Dome Fixture w/100 watt basking bulb and 100 watt halogen bulb.
•The other fixture is a ceramic heat emitter (dimmable)
•Reptisun 24"T5 hood w/ 22" Reptisun 10.0 T5 bulb
I have a temp gun coming from Amazon that was supposed to arrive yesterday so hopefully it'll show up today. Right now I'm still using a probe thermometer on top of the log where I put him to bask. I used to perch him on top of that cave thing but his dumb ass kept rolling off the side so now he's just using it for a hide. Right now the top of the log is 88° & idk what the cool side is currently but that's with the heat emitter cranked all the way up. I don't think I can increase the wattages in the combo without blowing the fixture. I should probably mention that I have to keep my apartment ~64-66° during the day & 60-62° at night or my older daughter & I get all stuffy af with headaches & she gets nosebleeds. We have pretty bad sinus issues. Turning up the overall household temp isn't an option & I didn't have problems keeping his temps up in the 55 gallon tank despite the higher "ceiling".
Edit #2: How do I go about mounting the UVB fixture inside the tank?