More nubie questions..... Lighting and stats

[jasonm96]

Yet to try that myself might get it and a fogger at one point. If I have problems with humidity mainly during the winter I just use sphagnum moss and feed off tongs or use a heat mat on stat for the hot spot and just use a bulb to warm the air to 75F (24C).

[monster]

Before I had one of these for each of my pacman enclosures to compensate for the humidity in the winter I used a big Bionaire humidifier in the room. It worked really well because it had sensor on it that you could set so if dropped below the desired humidity in the room it kicks it self on. I would set it 55% and it worked well, I needed to change things because my frog room is only so big and there was moisture starting to form on my walls. Was worried about mold. I lucked out bigtime with the hygrotherms because the guy at the shop here had to do a clearance sale in the store to make room for some new displays so I got a really good deal on them.

[Dan0263]

I'm going to order a ZM twin dome fitting and a blue lamp and also a nocturnal one, and basically have a play around with it until get the temps where they need to be. The Hygrotherm is over my price range at the moment, but it looks a nice bit of kit.

[monster]

If you can I would try to order a set of domes that have a dimmer built into them and you adjust your temps like this. Or you can buy a lamp dimmer at Walmart for about 10 bucks. Or you can find some cheaper thermostats that don't have both features ( heating/humidity) that are still good products but are only half the price of the Hygrotherm. Not saying you need things you could tinker with it yourself, just thought I would throw these suggestions out there for ya to think about.

[Dan0263]

[QUOTE=monster;273654]If you can I would try to order a set of domes that have a dimmer built into them and you adjust your temps like this. Or you can buy a lamp dimmer at Walmart for about 10 bucks. Or you can find some cheaper thermostats that don't have both features ( heating/humidity) that are still good products but are only half the price of the Hygrotherm. Not saying you need things you could tinker with it yourself, just thought I would throw these suggestions out there for ya to think about.[/QUOTE ]

Yeah, all input is appreciated . All the types and options of equipment is giving me a headache