Do the UTH work for the AP cages as well? I currently have the standard ZooMed UTH with a standard thermostat. I could just flip it over to the new tank along with a RHP (which would be on a new thermostat) unless you guy's think that's a dangerous move.

I have had the UTH and thermostat for over 13 years now though and I don't know the equipment's lifespan. I've had her since she was born and got the set up back then. I suppose that would probably be considered "skimping" on the thermostat and UTH but I didn't really have an issue with temps until I just moved in to the house recently. Plus, that's what was recommended to me at the time and I haven't really looked back.

I've been monitering room temps in separate rooms of the house and they typically range 68-72 so far. It seems that 60's is the range where you guys recommend something heating the bottom as well but is high 60's acceptable as room temps to allow sole dependance on a RHP? Also, one other thing. What about the cold side? Do you guys just leave that as is then? On my glass cage, I actually have another UTH with a separate thermostat set to around 80 on the cold side.

I did place an order for the T3 this afternoon. Fortunately for me, my issue came up around black friday so I got 10% off at AP. I also found a Herpstat 1 or 2 for 10% off as well. Pending what you guys recommend on the additional UTH or RHP only situation, I'll order that. If I can safely rely on just a RHP with no bottom heat, I'll just do the herpstat 1.

Like I said in an earlier post, I want to do this right so I'm looking into a Pro Products Pro heat even though this is all costing big $. Their website is really weird though and gives no information on size recommendations or costs. I guess I just have to contact them and they give me sizes and costs at that time? Strange way to order what seems to be a fairly common item people are getting, but if you're the best at what you do, you can do what you want I guess... haha.

As far as substrate goes, I use paper towels (pictured above) and have been doing so for about 10 years. I started out with other kinds but it was messy and would give me allergy issues. If you have any suggestions on that, I'm open as well. I use a warm hide and cool side hide as one should. Now that I'll have more space, I upgrade the water dish to something bigger.

I appreciate the help on this from you all. Hopefully people in the future with similar issues will be able to reference this thread as well. I'm not new to the game and I feel I knew what I was doing with the set up I had, but when it comes to these "pro-looking" set ups I didn't know anything. The house temperature issues really threw me into a loop. I actually think there's something wrong with the house heating system, but that's not a problem for here lol.