I just purchased a UTH for my Bp's tank and a ReptiTemp 500R. I have been using a heat light previously. My ReptiTemp 500R is on order at Amazon so I will wait to set up the UTH until it arrives in the mail. In the meantime I thought I would get a couple ?'s out of the way so I know what I am doing when it arrives Oh and I did some previous searching on here for a good thermostat and went off of the best recommendations so thank you everyone! Plus I wanted to make sure I wasn't asking repeat questions someone else might have addressed LOL.

1. Is his tank still okay if I place it on the wooden table with the UTH and the little foam sticker pad thingies it comes with to raise it up slightly? I hope that makes sense. The warnings on the UTH package kinda freaked me out about the placement.

2. If I place a sheet of newspaper on the bottom of the tank, then a thin layer of reptibark, would his plastic hides still be okay? They won't melt or anything will they?

Okay I think that is it!