New vivarium too cold

[andrew]

i put the heat mat on the side and the temp has gone up to 24.6c on the warm side and 20c on the cool side if i left the heat mat on all the time and got an infar-red bulb and controlled that through the thermostat if this would work what size bulb do you think i would need i know i keep asking questions but i just want it right before i get my frogs thanks

i am going to the pet shop in a few hours. i was thinking this morning i looked at my heat mat and it is 14.5w 11x10" the viv is 60x45x60 exo terra with the back ground still in place i know some take it out thanks for your help

[StephenLS]

Hello there!

You can get higher wattage heat mats if need be, but in this case a low wattage 25-30w spotlight mounted outside the tank aimed at a branch giving a hotspot of 28-30C might be an idea they shouldn't suffer an adverse reaction to a drop back down to 24-25C on a night so you could put the spotlight on a timer!


Also you don't say if you have any other sort of lighting in/on the tank?


Steve

[andrew]

i have been out and got a spotlight i have a uvb 5.0 bulb and a night light bulb aswell thanks for the reply