Heating and Lighting for my 48" Neodesha cages.

So I purchased 3 48" Neodesha luxury reptile cages with sliding glass doors and a cage rack.:bow:
NOW, I need to decide how to heat it and light it up!

My first thoughts:
Hotspot Heating: 3 Heat mats, (UTH), one for each cage placed outside the cage underneath one side of the cage. Controlled by a dimming thermostat (herpstat)
Ambient Heating: Already taken care of, as my snake room is temperature controlled.
Lighting: LED dome lights placed on top the ceiling screens, to give a nice light without heat or without any wires or objects inside the cage for the snakes to vandalize. (I have NO IDEA what style to buy).

I am open to any other ideas, especially on lighting ideas, as I am already pretty sure the UTHs are ideal in my case, as RHPs would be overkill, since my entire snake room is heated.

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What about a UVB fixture? I know they don't "need" it, but you may catch them out basking more with a UVB bulb.

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Originally Posted by Starscream

What about a UVB fixture? I know they don't "need" it, but you may catch them out basking more with a UVB bulb.

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Can you link to an example please?

It depends on what you want to do, but I use RBI's T5 fixture and a 6% Arcadia UVB bulb.
http://www.reptilebasics.com/t5-ligh...ight-strip-24/
http://www.reptilebasics.com/arcadia...vb-t5-bulb-22/

Another option is a T8 fixture. I don't have a reccomendation for those, but any 2-3 foot T8 plant fixture should do. Either Arcadia brand or Reptisun of the correct length to match the fixture.
https://www.pangeareptile.com/store/...tile-bulb.html
https://www.pangeareptile.com/store/...cent-bulb.html

UVB bulbs should be replaced after a year.

Added bonus: if you get a fixture that supports two bulbs you can put a regular plant bulb in with the UVB, in case you wanted plants.

When I had mine, I was in a position that I had the whole room. So I just ended up heating the entire room to my desired temperatures. I know no help whatsoever, lmao. Again congratulations man, enjoy.

BAMP!

I've already decided on getting Ultratherm heat mats.

Lighting? There is SOOOO MANY CHOICES, it is overwhelming. I have been looking at LED strip tape lighting, as it is very cheap, energy efficient and will work as a more dim moonlight display light. I was also looking at getting good old dome lamps to place over the top vents, and just install and LED bulb.

I am hoping some members can show me that they have used for display lighting, or what they would recommend.