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Hi,
I will set up a res tank soon. I have a question about the heating of basking area. The water will be at 77F and the basking area will be at 86F, but at night I will turn off the lamp of basking area not to disturb res while they were sleeping. Do they need a heat source at night(like seramic heater or red basking lamp) for basking area while they were sleeping. By the way, my room temperature is 70-72 at night in winter.

Nighttime heat is not necessary, they are supposed to cool down at night.
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well if RES are supposed to be cooler at night... what about people that have heaters?? should the water heaters be turned down at night also? or how does that work? (sorry.. i ask too many questions!) haha
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~ Evie

Pets:
0.1.0 German Shepherd {Dusty}
0.1.0 German Shepherd/Collie mix {Shadoe}
0.0.2 RES turtles {Booger and Snot}
1.0.0 African Clawed Frog {Bingo}
0.0.1 Snail {Gary}

Just the air temp should go down, water retains its heat so well that a lake full of water is not going to get cooler at night. I don't use a heater, but even in my tank the water stays the same.
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