Regular Bulb vs Red Bulb

[SnakeKB]

My snakes hot spot stays right at 90-92* with a 75 watt light bulb. I'd rather use a red bulb so it doesn't have all that light at night. Will a 75 watt red bulb make the same heat as a 75 watt regular light bulb?

[snakesRkewl]

If your worried about the light out then switch to a ceramic heat emitter.
Ball pythons being nocturnal can be stress out from being subjected to constant light.

[hunter94]

Yes, it should stay the same heat.

[SnakeKB]

If your worried about the light out then switch to a ceramic heat emitter.
Ball pythons being nocturnal can be stress out from being subjected to constant light.

That's why I want the red light. Snakes can't see red so it won't stress them out at night. I was mainly worried about the wattage because 75 watt heats perfect to 90-92* without a thermostat.

[mykee]

My advice; ditch the overhead light as a heat source and get an undertank heat source. You're drying out the air and providing a supply of heat, that if your ball python is acting like a ball python and living inside it's hide, is absolutely useless to it.

[SnakeKB]

I have both. The uth doesn't heat up the air of the hot side though. It's only making the bottom to 90-92* but the air temp on that side is only going to 82-84*. Do i not need the air temp 90* if the floor is at 90*?

[snakesRkewl]

Do i not need the air temp 90* if the floor is at 90*?

no, but you want it around 86-87 on the warm end, 90 is a bit too high for a warm end ambient temp IMO

[SnakeKB]

no, but you want it around 86-87 on the warm end, 90 is a bit too high for a warm end ambient temp IMO

So i would need the heat lamp. I got a 60 watt Red Light and its keeping the air temp on that side around 88* while i have the UTH reading around 92*. Heres a list of how the tank reads right now.

Cool Side
Air Temp - 80*
Humidity - 65%

Basking/Hot Side
Air Temp - 88*
Floor Temp - 92*
Humidity - 50%

Anything wrong with this?

[hunter94]

So i would need the heat lamp. I got a 60 watt Red Light and its keeping the air temp on that side around 88* while i have the UTH reading around 92*. Heres a list of how the tank reads right now.

Cool Side
Air Temp - 80*
Humidity - 65%

Basking/Hot Side
Air Temp - 88*
Floor Temp - 92*
Humidity - 50%

Anything wrong with this?

Sounds good maybe lower the humidity to 60% on the cool side and then higher it about 55-60% on the Basking/Hot Side.

[mykee]

"The uth doesn't heat up the air of the hot side though"

Wrong.
Hot air rises.