Hi everyone!

I am looking into getting two more T8 cages from a breeder who is maybe a hour away from me. The cages do not have any heat but for two he said he would do 200 with the sliding glass doors. =) To me this is a steal of a deal. They are black and seem to be in great shape.

Right now I have a T10 that is white using a heat panel. I have no idea which panel it is though. =/ I bought it from someone who was getting out of reptiles and forgot to ask. I feel stupid but oh well. My question is about heating the new cages. I was looking at AP web site and they sell their flex watt for the cages at 35$. Anyone know what watt those are? Reptile basics has a UTH for 24.99 (11"x23"). Could that work instead? I thought about getting another heat panel but those are kinda pricey. I have a helix to regulate the heat. If I did two flex watt UTH for the new cages can I still have the panel hooked up to the helix or would I have to get another helix?

One of the T8 that I will be getting, I will be dividing into two parts, one for my albino boy and the other for my coming pied girl. So this one needs to get set up sooner then later.

I have yet to decide what I would be putting in the third cage but thought for the cost of a brand new AP cage shipped to me would be 200 plus heat so I don't want to pass this up.

I am trying to find the less expensive way of doing this as it is the holiday season. The white T10 that I currently have has the panel hooked into the helix at 89 degrees which gives me a hot spot of 92-93 and a cool spot of 78 in some spots, which my girl prefers right now. Do you think the cool spot is too low? She could be building as she was breeding in June to early September. She is also off fed even though I continue to offer every week.

Ideas?

Thanks
Nichole

PS Sorry if I rambled. My mind is everywhere tonight. I am preparing for finals and doing bills, which made me think of this.