heating tank at night

I turn off my heat lamp at night, and when i wake up in the morning the tank is way to cool for the snake, and he always seems to be on the cooler side of the tank.

What are some alternatives to heat my tank a night? I already have a UTH that is on all the time, and a heat lamp that is on during the day.

Leave the heat lamp on?

I have my heat lamp on day and night. I use a red bulb though so it doesn't interfere with my snakes day/night cycles.

75w Infrared is the way to go IMO.

Does Infrared suck up your humidity?

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Originally Posted by V1L3 DiaL3cT

75w Infrared is the way to go IMO.

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For sure! i have a 75W infared bulb on my warm side, and a nightglo 50W (which is on a thermastat at the lowest setting, so it kicks my cool side up a few degrees, since my cool side was around 75 but since i added the nightglow bulb and turned it all the way down it goes to 80-81 on the coolside, and plus it bumped my warm side up a lil from what was 84 degrees to what is now 88-89 ,and my basking under my warmside cave is 91.3 usually :D )
My ball already gets enough sunlight throughout the day soo no actual light is needed except for the infared and the nightglo since they arent bothered by those at all. And you would think with 2 bulbs on a setup all day would dry the tank out, my humidity is around 64 all day. :)

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Originally Posted by ndizzleg

For sure! i have a 75W infared bulb on my warm side, and a nightglo 50W (which is on a thermastat at the lowest setting, so it kicks my cool side up a few degrees, since my cool side was around 75 but since i added the nightglow bulb and turned it all the way down it goes to 80-81 on the coolside, and plus it bumped my warm side up a lil from what was 84 degrees to what is now 88-89 ,and my basking under my warmside cave is 91.3 usually :D )
My ball already gets enough sunlight throughout the day soo no actual light is needed except for the infared and the nightglo since they arent bothered by those at all. And you would think with 2 bulbs on a setup all day would dry the tank out, my humidity is around 64 all day. :)

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Think I know what I am going to be picking up later now. :)
My humidity is about 50 on the warm side and a little higher on the cool side, and it doesnt change even after I spray it thanks to the heat lamp.

Doesn't suck up humidity really at all.
I keep damp towels over alot of the screen to keep it humid.
Hope this helps!

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Originally Posted by V1L3 DiaL3cT

Doesn't suck up humidity really at all.
I keep damp towels over alot of the screen to keep it humid.
Hope this helps!

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Yeah it doesnt suck much up at all, but a question!? How many times do you replace you paper towls during the day??Because i know they probably dry out after being on top of the screen for so long. I was just curious because i was thinking of doing that. I usually just mist everything in the terrarium lightly acouple times a day with Zilla's Tropical Mist. But if theirs an easier way than the mist i'll do it lol.

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Originally Posted by ndizzleg

Yeah it doesnt suck much up at all, but a question!? How many times do you replace you paper towls during the day??Because i know they probably dry out after being on top of the screen for so long. I was just curious because i was thinking of doing that. I usually just mist everything in the terrarium lightly acouple times a day with Zilla's Tropical Mist. But if theirs an easier way than the mist i'll do it lol.

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Zilla tropical mist? Never heard of it...you just need water in a spray bottle. Anyway - on top of the tank would be damp towels, not paper towels. A damp tea towel (changed every few days to prevent bacteria build up) should only need to be soaked once a day. I use damp towels in the winter when humidity is low. I use a compact humidifier which requires filling every other day in the summer and it keeps my humidity 58-64 %.