Heating of tile substrate

[Dkrugg9]

Quick question, I’ve put floor tiling down for a substrate in my beardies new tank, and I plan to put him in it in a couple of days and it dawned on me that during the night the tile probably gets pretty cold. Should I put an undertank heating pad on a night timer to keep the substrate warm through the night or will it be ok?

 

[KarrieRee]

No heat is needed for that ---- I have tile in my tanks and it does not get cold like you think --- in the winter months I have CHE's I use to keep the tanks around 70 at nite ---- in the summer they are off and my tanks are around 70 at nite --- the dragons like the cool temps to sleep along w/ the darkness -- their metabolism slows giving them a better nites sleep
Karrie

 

[Dkrugg9]

Thank you! Just wanted to make sure lol

 

[Claudiusx]

Yup the tile should hold it's temperature quite well. And it really shouldn't get cooler than the rest of the tank anyways

-Brandon