My Tank.

I got two identical hides for my son's snake but we left the log that looks just like that in between the two new hides since he is in a 40 gal. He still hangs out in the log 90%of the time. He uses the other two occasionally but whenever it's feeding time he's under the log every single time.

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One of mine likes the log too, but most prefer the cave types.

Zeus, don't worry too much about a 78 F temperatire from your CHE, I speculate that once you have the UTH working and regulated to 90-92 F at the hot spot, and some insulation covering the screen on the hot side of the tank, your ambients will go up to 80 no problem. There will be more overall heat with the UTH in the equation.