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My daughter has had a frog eyed Gecko since November, along with a Leopard Gecko. We recently separated them, but I was wondering about the setup. I have approx. 6-8" of sand, top layered with calci sand. We have a pvc pipe going down to the bottom so the water hits the bottom (read that somewhere). Anyway, have under tank heater on one side, but not sure if that is warm enough. I feel the heat on the side of the tank. And you know, thermostats do not tell an accurate reading with uth's. Also, since November, my daughter has put a towel over the tank to keep the drafts out if any, and to keep the tank semi warm. Is this enough air circulation for the Gecko to breathe? She seems fine, very active, likes to wave her tail at you!

i sometimes put a tapestry over my setup to keep it dark at night and im pretty sure that it is pourous enough to allow for air circulation, although i think u said u have uth on the side u might want to add another pad underneath if u just want to keep it warm enough...take some good temp readings and see if u need to do anything.
hope this helps,
chris

Eight inches of sand is a lot of sand. Your UTH will be working overtime in order for the heat to transfer through all that insulation to reach the surface. I'm not that familiar with Teratoscincus, but shouldn't the warm area of the substrate be the surface, with the humid tunnels remaining somewhat cooler? At least that's what I would suppose conditions would be like in the wild. Perhaps an overhead light/heat emitter is called for?

Regarding UTH's and thermostats, I use them with all my Eublepharids, and they work just fine. I run the thermostat probe into the hide box, along with the digital thermometer probe as a double-check, and they normally are within a degree of one another.

Actually, 8-10" of sand is needed for the Frog Eyed so they can burrow in the sand. The UTH is on the bottom, wondering if I should put one on the side also for the extra heat.