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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by james[/i] [br]Long time no speak. Had my Florida King, Indiana, for just under 3 years now and feel pretty comfortable about how 'Kings' tick. I just want to seek clarification on where to measure the heat from his bulb? I have always had it set up with the thermostat directly under the lamp and temp at just under 90f. He also has a heat mat just beside the lamp, both at the hot end, and this is set at a steady 78f. I turn off the light at night, but Indie has the mat if he wants to gets some heat if it gets cold. I question my set up because I recently learnt from a respected reptile pet store, that it is best to regulate the lamp by having the thermostat in the middle of the viv. The temp here, I have been advised, should get up to 84f, which means that the area directly under the lamp will probably get to 95f or so. Thus, the reason for my question of where best to measure the temp of the lamp? Do I continue as I have been with the thermostat under the lamp or change and measure from the middle of the viv keeping a constant 84f?[:)] [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.