temps too low? Please help

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Originally Posted by Michelle.C

Using that many bulbs will really make it difficult to keep your humidity up.

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I agree, bulbs are fine as long as your humidty is high enough.

so most, use a uth with insulation on top? and this is usually sufficiant to raise the ambient temp above 80? I have a 20 g long, and using the zoomed 10-20 uth, it seems kind of small, but does heat up the glass on top pretty good, i have it plugged into a dimmer, and keep the dimmer on low, if not, then the glass jumps up to 100 degrees, which i imagine is too hot

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Originally Posted by yankeeslover

so most, use a uth with insulation on top? and this is usually sufficiant to raise the ambient temp above 80? I have a 20 g long, and using the zoomed 10-20 uth, it seems kind of small, but does heat up the glass on top pretty good, i have it plugged into a dimmer, and keep the dimmer on low, if not, then the glass jumps up to 100 degrees, which i imagine is too hot

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Like I said in my earlier post to you, insulate the tank with foam board, and place foil over the screen lid.

Use one light on the cool side to bump the ambient and keep the UTH. You might have to increase the watt of the bulb, but for now, try what you are using. It should work.

Back when I kept one Ball Python (a very long time ago), I had him in a 40 breeder. My room would drop to 66 degrees sometimes. With the insulation and foil, his tank never dropped below 84 ambient/93 basking.