Questions regaurding heating, awnsers needed as soon as possible!

[RicoThePacman]

Am i suppost to be worried about ground or air tempature with a pacman?

My tank's air tempature is about 69.1F which i am very worried about... Though the ground tempature is 78.1 F. I do have foil ontop of the cage, but i don't want to fry him either.


I really need some advice on what to do here, what to get that can help me with this problem... Currently my home base for supplies is Pet smart.


I would really appreciate if i could get all the help i can!

Thanks!

[monster]

Hi, With the way the temps have been lately im not surprised your having problems. If you have a dome to put a bulb in I would suggest to buy maybe a 40 watt red bulb or night bulb to help bring the temps up. Either one would work because by the sounds of things you will need to keep it on at night. If you cant get a thermostat I would buy a dimmer from good old walmart or home depot. Or you could buy a dome with a dimmer on it.

[RicoThePacman]

Hey, I've got a night and daylight lamp in a zoomed mini dome heat lamp. It's a double by the way. Not sure if i read it right but what i believe i have is a 50 watt bulb for daylight.. The writing was kinda worn so i'm not sure

Night is 60 watts, that brings ground up to about 80, havent checked air with it on.

[monster]

If the ground is 80f with it on then I would throw it in, the air will be a few degrees hotter. if you can get the air to around 82 and the ground even around 78f during the day that would be better then what it is now. Then at night just dim it down a few degrees.

[RicoThePacman]

Ill contact you in a bit if it improves, just make sure you check for my post every once in a while, once again thanks for your awesome help.

[RicoThePacman]

Ill contact you in a bit if it improves, just make sure you check for my post every once in a while, once again thanks for your awesome help.

Air temp peaked around 73-74F. Your opinion on this?