Night time heating

[SeeTheCityLights]

I have the lamp and under tank heater on right now. The bulb is 75 watt, and the UTH is zoo med's small size for tanks 10-15 gallons. (My tank is 10 gallons).

The temperature is at 86 degrees F right now. If I turn the lamp off for night time, will the UTH be enough to heat it? My substrate is also about 3 inches deep, and I know I need to take some out because it's pretty deep, but that will have to wait until tomorrow because I need to go home and the BP is living at my boyfriend's house until saturday. The substrate is eco earth coconut fiber if that makes any difference.

I really think the light should be off at night to make a night time setting for the snake (and my boyfriend ), but will the temperature drop too much?

[The Serpent Merchant]

Get an infra-red heat bulb. They give off much less visible light. And no a UTH will not be able to heat through 3" of Eco-Earth. If you reduce the thickness of the layer of substrate be sure that you have the UTH regulated by a thermostat or else your snake could get burns that could be life-threatening.

[The Serpent Merchant]

So I think that your boyfriend will just have to deal with the lamp tonight. One night won't kill either of them.

[k8nkane]

What kind of light is it? You can get bulbs that give off a red or purple light which doesn't disturb the snake.

[xFenrir]

What kind of bulb do you have in the lamp? Infared, white light, etc? Bright white lights are stressful to snakes, so if that's what you have and you need a light, I'd suggest switching. I have both a UTH and a light, since my BP girl is in a 40 gal. breeder. I usually use a 150W infared, but recently I switched to a 150W blacklight bulb, which looks really cool and has very low visible light.

There should be an overall of 80 and a hot spot of 90; it sounds like your tank has an overall of 86 degrees, it might mean that your UTH might be even hotter than 90, especially if you don't have a thermostat.

In a 10 gal you MIGHT not need anything other than the UTH, I'm not sure though.

[The Serpent Merchant]

You can use just a heat lamp or just a UTH but it depends on the room temperature, and in the case of the UTH how much substrate you have. But as I said before, a UTH needs to be regulated by a thermostat because they get far too hot (I've seen some hit 110+)

[SeeTheCityLights]

This is the bulb I have:
http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...ductId=2752644

Should I use a different day bulb?
Exactly what night bulb should I use, if the UTH isn't enough to heat it over night?

[The Serpent Merchant]

Do not use that bulb it is designed for reptiles that need much higher temperatures.

Use this bulb 24/7

http://www.petsmart.com/product/inde...uctId=11147193

[RichsBallPythons]

How are you measuring your temps and controlling the temps.

Should have a 88-90 warm side and 78-80 cool side temps that are constant 24/7

[Twiegs]

Would this bulb work? Any idea of it can be dimmed on a lamp dimmer?