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The air temperature with my basking light and undertank heater is between 87-92 depending on the temperature of my house. I just put the thermometer on the slate which is on the bottom of my tank and the temperature is between 100-105. Should I go by the air in the tank or the ground?

Hi

You should go by the ground temperature, and those temperatures are way to hot. Gecko could even possible burn themselves.

Do you have a thermostat? If not get one.

Regards,

Terry
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Terry Brashear
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Even with the heat lamp off the ground temp is still 95. I always thought you were supposed to go by the air temp.

Hi

Floor temp.

TLB

Do you think I should look into getting a new under-tank heater or a lower watt bulb? Which one is more important? since having them both just makes it wayyyyy to hot (it got up to 110 with them both on). Thanks for any replies

Hi

See what happens with your temperatures without using the heat bulb.

What kind of Substrate besides the slate used if any?.

TLB

Sand covered with river stones. The sand is just there to stop crikets from hidding under the slate and to keep the slate stable.

Hi

You could try to take the stones out and ad more sand, put rocks back and then check the temperature again after the heat has had time to build up again to the top, therefore giving you a little more seperation inbetween the heat source and the rocks and see if that will help you to get to the temperature you want

Take Care, TLB

good idea, I suppose I could even leave some air space, so long as the crickets cannot get in

Ive had tile at 105 and inside her hide the temp on floor is 88ish due to the "insulation" for lack of better word.

Just a random thought.

The cool side is abot 88, but the floor temp was as high as 110 today. By the way, don't worry I don't have leo's in there yet I'm just trying to get it just right before they come.