Hello all,

I am new to these forums but I am not new to snakes. I have garter snakes growing up, a red tail boa, and a kingsnake back in the day. With my red tail, I learned about the "belly heat" idea... but when setting up my enclosure for my new baby ball, my girlfriend and I decided to forgo the uth and stick with bulbs for the heat. My thought is, heat does not radiate from the ground in the wild, it comes from the sun which warms everything else up. So, I am going to go with that for now.

My question is, based on the fact that I have a 20 Gal glass aquarium, will 75 watts with an infrared bulb do the trick or should I bump the wattage a bit? I used the "rare black earth nocturnal" blah blah blah bulbs with my Red Tail and loved the light it threw, but Kas (the gf) wanted to go with infrared with this guy. I'm sure the temps will be about the same, right?

Ambient temperature in the room is 78*, tank is sitting on carpet, and the ceiling fan is rarely used in this room. Thanks for taking the time to look, and thanks in advance for your advice!