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jimb87
Snake Mite

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Posted - 25/09/2010 :  00:32:35  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi,
Brought myself a male royal spider 2day. Im keeping him in a medium size plastic fanarium aprox 15in long 8in deep. He is only a few months old. I cant seem to get the hot end any hotter than 28.9 I have the heat mat plugged into a mat stat which is up as high as it will go. the probe is taped to heat mat and the heat mat is obviously under the tank. The probe for the thermometer is in the tank on top of the aspen. How can i raise the temp?

Any help would be appreciated

dazb
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Posted - 25/09/2010 :  07:50:48  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Hi there, I would put the thermostat probe inside the faunarium mate.



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Blackecho
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Posted - 25/09/2010 :  07:52:17  Show Profile  Click to see Blackecho's MSN Messenger address  Send Blackecho a Yahoo! Message  Reply with Quote
How thick is the Aspen, you might need to thin it out a bit, its a good insulator.



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Posted - 25/09/2010 :  09:37:08  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I agree. Put the probe on the faunarium floor with only a very thin covering of aspen at the warm end (snakey will appreciate a thicker layer in cool end where he can burrow.) That way you'll get a more accurate temperature reading.

It drove me mad when I first had to get my head round all this stuff! Still does sometimes and it's a year since I started. You'll get there in the end.


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jimb87
Snake Mite

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Posted - 25/09/2010 :  12:49:04  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
The aspens only half inch, Thanks for quick reply, will put thermostat inside
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