New Here getting first bp tomorow

hello everyone,

im getting my a bp tomorrow, its a baby from bryan gundy here in san jose. i have the cage setup its a ten gallon low with the top of the screen 95 percent covered, 2 exact hides, zoo-med reptitherm uth 10-20, this is were my question is i have a thermostat what should the exact basking be 91-92 right i have newspaper than aspen soo if the snake decides to burrow down a bit it will not touch the actual glass i was going to use repticarpet in between the aspen and the uth for that purpose, will the uth burnout or anything like that from the thermostat i just want everything to be right for my bp??

thanks in advance for the responses.

P.S. this is an awesome board

mid low to low 90's is fine

so im assuming 90-95 would be a good hot spot and to keep ambient temp my room usually is about 70-75 flucuating(spelling) mostly around 73, is that fine?? also with the thermostat probe (tell me if im right) put it directly on to the heatpad above the glass and set it to about 92-93 and i should get a pretty good temp above my aspen newspaper?? i just want this to be right i dont want anything bad to happen to the snake.

Sometimes you have to tweak the stat a lil to get the right temps, for example my herpstats read 98. something and the actual floor temp of the tubs will be 91-93 or 94. I would tape the prob directly onto the heat pad. You can get an accurite thermometer or a temp gun to measure substrate temps

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Originally Posted by 06gt

so im assuming 90-95 would be a good hot spot and to keep ambient temp my room usually is about 70-75 flucuating(spelling) mostly around 73, is that fine?? also with the thermostat probe (tell me if im right) put it directly on to the heatpad above the glass and set it to about 92-93 and i should get a pretty good temp above my aspen newspaper?? i just want this to be right i dont want anything bad to happen to the snake.

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Just aspen or newspaper is fine. The hot spot if kept at the proper (90-92) temps will not burn your snake so extra measures are not needed. As far as ambient temp in the room goes as long as the the cool side doesn't drop below 78 your fine.
Grab an accurite if you don't already have one. The unit itself will measure the cool/ambient temps along with humidity and the prob will measure your hot spot. (it's not great at exact temps but will get the job done and give u a ball park around 2-3 degrees +/-)
And hot side temps should measure the point on the glass where the heat pad is heating it, not above the substrate.
Thermostat prob should be between the heatpad and the bottom of the glass.

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Originally Posted by MitsuMike

Just aspen or newspaper is fine. The hot spot if kept at the proper (90-92) temps will not burn your snake so extra measures are not needed. As far as ambient temp in the room goes as long as the the cool side doesn't drop below 78 your fine.
Grab an accurite if you don't already have one. The unit itself will measure the cool/ambient temps along with humidity and the prob will measure your hot spot. (it's not great at exact temps but will get the job done and give u a ball park around 2-3 degrees +/-)
And hot side temps should measure the point on the glass where the heat pad is heating it, not above the substrate.
Thermostat prob should be between the heatpad and the bottom of the glass.

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thanks for the answers i cant put the thermostat probe between the heat pad and probe i already stuck it on the bottom of the tape i can buy the foil tape and tape it to the bottom of the heat pad?? and i have a digital thermometer with probe that i can stick to the glass on top under the substrate to get the reading of the actual hot spot and what size bulb should i use to keep a ten gallon low tank ambient temps at 80? i found these since my tank is so small

http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...2&lmdn=Reptile

and use a dimmer on that to control the heat output and leave it on all the time.

i got my t-stat hooked up and i taped the t-stat srobe to the heat pad and i have a digital thermometer on the inside of the tank on the glass and the glass is reading 93-94 is that ok, thats directly on the glass if my snake moves some aspen away i dont want my snake to get burned?? please let me know im getting her tomo confirmed female from brian gundy check out his vids on youtube he has a 5000+ gram female 5.5 she is huge i held her

Good luck with your new bp and welcome to the site. post some pics also. don't worry about burns as long as your temps are where they are supposed to be. If you haven't done it already i would turn on your heaters and try to stabalize the temp before you put your new bp in it.
Edit: scatch that seems like you already are. I didn't read your whole post. 93-94 is ok i might tweak it down a hair.

ok im going to pick her up at about 4, i have the heat on and everything ready to go since wednesday, i was excitedill turn it down a lil

heres a pic same as avatar but bigger this is here
http://i798.photobucket.com/albums/y...r/P1010741.jpg