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I have been monitoring the temperature in my tank with a digital thermometer directly on the paper towels of my tank. The UTH is "stuck" under the tank and the temp is currently 93F and this is at 10PM! I cant imagine what it will do during the day. Should I just use a 60W light bulb or what? Any suggestions are appreciated I hope I can still bring one home tomorrow

Is the UTH plugged into a Rheostat or thermostat? Most of my tanks use the ZooMed UTH's but i do have two tanks using ExoTerra ones. I was told i could just plug them in without a rheostat but i did anyways, and even when set to between low and medium, the temp is at 88-90 degrees. Having a thermostat is the best way to control the temps

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Crested Gecko Zeek:1.0
LEOS: Boo: 1.0 normal , Bronx & Nala: 1.1 blizzard,
Lily: 0.1 patternless, Abby: 0.1 albino, Zoe: 0.1 reduced pattern, Dot: 0.1 hypo
Chip: 1.0 papillion (small dog)
2.0 bettas

nope, no rheostat or thermostat, i think ill be getting one tonight thanx.