Quote Originally Posted by Surrealasm View Post
Alright everybody, got my light and dimmer set up, Spunky Busta seems to be getting happier by the hour, and my bed-time is approaching... so I'm wondering, do you guys leave your lights on 24/7 or should I reinforce my heat pad arsenal?
Agree with Grif's comments and would never leave a bright light on 24/7. I use the ceramic heat emitters with a dimmer but you would have to be extremely careful on a 5 gal. since a 50 watt will usually have to be dimmed down on a 10 gal. and they don't make them smaller than that.