Ok I've got yet another question
We had the first really warm days here in MA this week (in the 90s today). We don't have AC in my apartment, and it was up to 80 in the living area (where my tank is) yesterday! We will probably do a better job of keeping it cool (we weren't quite prepared for it and had windows open all day) most of the time. But the apartment will not be COOL during most of the summer.
So, I was keeping my tank water at ~76 and basking area in the low 90s. But Yesterday the water went up to 80 and the dock over 100. So I turned the basking light off for a lot of the afternoon yesterday (UVB light is on though). And today I left the basking lamp off when I left this morning.
Sedge has been basking all the time lately, so I'm not too worried that he won't bask. But any ideas on home to improve this situation at all, other than just leaving the basking lamp off on very warm days? The temperature differential won't be more than a few degrees between water and land this way. But I don't want to fry him!
The only other simple solutions I thought of are frozen water bottles if the water gets hotter and maybe getting a low wattage heat bulb so that I can still have a basking bulb on (on more 'in between' days) without overheating the dock.
As a reminder, here's a pic of my setup.
Thanks as usual!