Hey Nightlad, since I don't currently have a rheostat or thermostat I just took your advice and added a little extra bedding over the are of the heat pad. My digital thermometer reads that above the heat pad right under the tree hide is consistantly around the mid-80's. Ever since I moved my red bulb from the hot side to the middle of the tank, the ambient air temperature seams to have stayed about the same, but like I said the heat area where his tree hide is has gone down from 87-92 to about 84-86.

Now I am worried that he isn't getting ENOUGH heat rather than too much. Should I just keep the red bulb on the hot side of the tank?

I am about to go out now and try to find a thermostat or something but none of the petshops carry the stuff that you guys reccommended that I purchase. I will probably have to just buy a regular home one instead of a pet one because I can only find them online and I dont really trust ordering stuff that much.