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I have a 6" Emperor in a 20 long, gravel/watering tubes, on peat/potting soil. UTH on all the time and on same end as clamp lamp (on timer to cycle day/night), 80% of screen covered with galss to keep humidity up. I moved the thermometer around and it's 80-84 degrees on the end away from light, 90 on the lighted end. The clamp lamp gets too hot for me to touch (a ZooMed 60 W Blue Daylight bulb), and dries the substrate on that end of the tank within a few hours. Humidity drops to low 60%s within hours of adding water to tubes. He likes the flower pot hide right under the lamp (which is next to the UTH).
If I can get low-to-mid 80s without the lamp, should I remove it? Since scorps are nocturnal is there any reason (except heat) to have a light at all (very little light gets in the room otherwise). It would certainly help to keep the humidity up. It is important to cycle the light for a day/night effect even if I don't need the heat from the light?
If I can get low-to-mid 80s without the lamp, should I remove it? Since scorps are nocturnal is there any reason (except heat) to have a light at all (very little light gets in the room otherwise). It would certainly help to keep the humidity up. It is important to cycle the light for a day/night effect even if I don't need the heat from the light?