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Originally Posted by TarantulaSteve
I use a 100w CHE with my Red Tail Boa on a dimmer, and have been able to maintain temps and humidity in her aquarium. I work from home, and keep my animals in the office. Or more accurately, keep my work station in the exotics room. I check temps daily, and look over each and every animal enclosure more than once per day, and have for the past few years.
I read everything I can and make up my own mind. If something doesnt work, I do more research and change it. Aquariums arent ideal for monitors, CHEs may not be ideal for monitors. But if your handy enough you can make it work for you and your monitor lizard.
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Hi, I suspect your snake doesn`t need or use a surface temp between approx. 50 to 60c+, the CHE`s are NOT suitable for creating these temps at the basking site simply because the heat is directed all around as previously stated, they also dry out the air to a much greater extent than for example the relatively low wattage halogen (flood) bulbs, though I have and still do use them for raising the ambient temps at times (during the night, very cold weather).
It would be good if you could explain how you provide those basking temps with CHE`s, and also how you control the humidity range in your Varanid enclosures if you primarily use those (size of enclosure, wattages, distance from animal/s, etc)? Thanks!
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