Newbie Here
Just got a baby Ball and she’s in a 25 gal tank for now. I’m using a CHE but I can’t get the temp up past 80. Need help please.
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If the unregulated CHE doesn’t get the basking area to the desired temp, then it’s probably not powerful enough. Or the tank just isn’t holding in the heat. I would definitely put black slate sheets at the focal point of the CHE on the enclosure floor to absorb and retain heat, and to stabilize temps.
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If the enclosure is glass with a mesh top this will absolutely be the case. They loose heat very quickly unfortunately…
Do you have a temperature probe? Where is the placement at?
Some measures I can reccomend is using the slate stone method that @deanaii brought up, and/or wrapping the outside of the enclosure with aluminum foil. Its just a temporary fix but it should help boost the temps until you can figure out whats going on and address it.
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If the enclosure is glass it would be feasible imho to add an under tank heat mat to supplement the CHE……
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