I'm building my growing boy a new wood tank.

The dimensions are going to be 36"x15"x15"
I am getting two Intellitemp heat mats- http://www.bigappleherp.com/Intellit...tile-Heat-Mats

The mats are about 8" long, so multiplying that by two and subtracting that by 36 gives me 20 inches of non heated space in the tank.

He is just getting over an RI **because my stupid roommate insisted on having the room as cold as possible** and I'm concerned that the two heat mats will not give him the proper ambient temperature.

Would it be a good idea to install a ceramic heat emitter into the tank to bump up the ambient temps? If so, how would I go about doing that in a wood tank without burning the snake, or the wood?