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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by JBOB[/i] [br]Hi, What wattage ceramic bulbs are you using in a 3x2x2 viv ??? This afternoon I setup my Royals new viv which is 3x2x2 and for the heating I'm using a ceramic bulb. I've had it running for the last 4hrs and it seems to be struggling to get up to the right temp. It's a 100w bulb with a habistat digital stat / guard in place etc etc. My Royal is still in his rub as I wanted to get things right first. I did ask four different people that keep reptiles what wattage bulb would suit a 3x2x2 wooden viv and they all said a 100w one would be right, but im only getting 29c on the warm side. I'm looking for around 32/33. The digital stat has a read out saying the bulb is getting 99% power and 29.6c. I've double checked this with another digital thermometer which says its 1deg hotter !!. The stat probe is on the substrate next to a hide directly under the ceramic. I can feel heat coming from the bulb etc so it seem to be running ok. The only two things I can think of is that either I need the 150w bulb or im expecting the temps to rise much quicker than they actually do ..... How long should a brand new setup take to get hot enough ? and what wattage are you using ? Thanks [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.