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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 7:36 am   i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

i need a new Thermometer for basking and i dont know which one i should go any suggestions?
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:20 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

is this one good? http://www.bigalsonline.com/Reptiles_Te ... ntrol.html
and how do i read this for turtles??????????????/ please help before i set it in my tank and were do i set it under the lamp ??
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:33 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

also can u post a pic of how it looks in ur tank please will help me so much
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 3:57 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

this is the one i have just notice thats the wrong link srry http://www.petco.com/product/9424/PETCO ... ityControl idk how this one works. should i go on the desert side? cuz the more it get hot the lower it goes......
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:46 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

That's a humidity gauge not a thermometer. You don't need to worry about humidity with an animal that can swim.
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:12 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

can u send me a link of a themometer that i should for 2 check my basking temp
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:17 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

Any thermometer will work. The expensive digital ones work well. The cheap digital ones are very inaccurate. So, for a cheap thermometer... one of these works just fine...
http://www.petco.com/product/9425/PETCO-Reptile-Habitat-Thermometer-Gauge.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:18 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

how about the expensive one whats it call so i look up or u send me link please
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:25 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

google: ranco temperature controller
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:35 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

i might get that lol
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:38 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

If you want to spend some money... check out (google) the digital aquatics reef keeper light. It's a full blown aquarium controller and can take temperature probe(s). You can use it to run your lights, control your heater, and do temperature of water and basking area.
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Post Posted: Fri Jul 08, 2011 5:52 pm   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

which one? send me link cuz im seeing like 2many ones that really expensive
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:30 am   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

So I got my new themp reader and upgrade my 50 heat bulb 2 a 75. And my 75 bulb reads 84f is that 2 high? Should I got back 2 the 50 bulb?
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 8:33 am   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

portsporting06 wrote:So I got my new themp reader and upgrade my 50 heat bulb 2 a 75. And my 75 bulb reads 84f is that 2 high? Should I got back 2 the 50 bulb?


This might help. http://www.redearslider.com/index_lighting_basking.html
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Post Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:18 am   Re: i need a new Thermometer for basking and idk which one

I bought a digtal themp reader and I put the probe top of the dock were my lamp is on top of a gride under the dock. Now it read 84.6
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