Bella and George's new enclosure with rocks from my local quarry!!

[colin]

Hi does any one know the difference between habistat thermostats, I currently have a dimming thermostat for my spot light over the basking spot, and a temperature thermostat over the basking spot for the ceramic bulb which is used at night...

The reason for this is because the temperature thermostat just cuts out when it reaches a required temp, which is ok for my ceramic bulb but like a disco for my spotlight which is why I have the two different ones...

The temperature stat cost £30 / 50 USD, and the dimmer stat cost £79 / 132 USD.

I am currently building a second viv for my other beardie and have come across a habistat thermostat twin channel which costs £45 / 75 USD, saving a considerable amount ?

Any feedback on what I should go for would be greatly appreciated I have attached pics of the thermostats...

£79 / 132 USD

£30 / 50 USD

£45 / 75 USD

 

[MisterD83]

The twin channel looks like its for controlling both the hot side and cool side temps, but not day / night. Or it can be used for the hot side on 2 vivs

 

[colin]

The twin channel looks like its for controlling both the hot side and cool side temps, but not day / night. Or it can be used for the hot side on 2 vivs

Ahh I see, thank you for this I appreciate your input.

 

[loz72vw]

Hi I use a habistat dimming thermostat high range which cuts out at 104f, I find that easier to control & stops the bulb cutting out completely only dims it.Do you live in the uk....£79 seems quite expensive. Swell reptiles online sell them for £42.

 

[colin]

Hi I use a habistat dimming thermostat high range which cuts out at 104f, I find that easier to control & stops the bulb cutting out completely only dims it.Do you live in the uk....£79 seems quite expensive. Swell reptiles online sell them for £42.

Thankyou for this information I have managed to get a dimming thermostat for £26 and another one for £21 on eBay and both are working great..

I'm using a standard temperature thermostat on the ceramic heaters at night

 

[loz72vw]

Nice one.....good prices I'm upgrading my beardies tank and it does get costly. I like your viv the natural rocks are looking good

 

[colin]

Nice one.....good prices I'm upgrading my beardies tank and it does get costly. I like your viv the natural rocks are looking good

I will admit I liked my viv too but the rocks have created a safe haven for live stock food which is kinda a pain when it comes to feeding!

I also found Bella and George where slightly down :-( so I made their enclosure more minimalistic with just a basking rock and a rock in the cool area with lots of empty space on the ground for them to run around in...

Since this they seem so much happier!!

So I guess a simple viv is a happy one and a busy viv is intimidating :-(....

Ah well I guess I need to learn as I go along!

 

[loz72vw]

Oh no that's a shame, sometimes slight changes can't affect their mood. I'm going to make a basking rock/cave out of polystyrene in couple of weeks. Hope Rango will like it. And yes I'm still learning, I've only had Rango since October & I learn new things everyday.

 

[diegothediggy]

Ye the less in the viv the happier the beardie calm and collected hehe. My vivs r very simple but my beardies love them

Boris- darker viv
Diego lighter viv

 

[colin]

Ye the less in the viv the happier the beardie calm and collected hehe. My vivs r very simple but my beardies love themView attachment 8511View attachment 8512
Boris- darker viv
Diego lighter viv

I must admit I really like your set up

 

[diegothediggy]

I must admit I really like your set up

Gowsh thanks. I no they both very simple but our beardies seem to like the easy to keep clean and the temps stay at a gud temp too

 

[jarich]

Nice looking enclosures, both of you. Colin I would recommend though that you mount your fluorescent light over next to your basking bulb. You want your dragon to get full UVB exposure while it's basking, so they don't have to choose between heat and UV.

 

[kingkung]

I want to bring my tent out there and camp, lol. What size is the enclosure?

 

[CMahoney]

Very nice enclosures!