Regular Bulb vs Red Bulb

[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.

[SnakeKB]

Wrong.
Hot air rises.

Dont be so rude. I know hot air rises. The problem is its not enough hot air from the uth to make the air temp as high as i need it. It escapes through the lid. Even if you cover 75% of the lid, the heat from the UTH still wont make the air temps high enough.

My snakes hide spot on the hot side should be trapping the heat in from the uth. Does that mean i shouldnt worry about raising the air temps outside of the hide even though its on the hot side?

[Kaorte]

Dont be so rude. I know hot air rises. The problem is its not enough hot air from the uth to make the air temp as high as i need it. It escapes through the lid. Even if you cover 75% of the lid, the heat from the UTH still wont make the air temps high enough.

My snakes hide spot on the hot side should be trapping the heat in from the uth. Does that mean i shouldnt worry about raising the air temps outside of the hide even though its on the hot side?

If your normal room temperatures are above 75* then you don't need the lamp. As long as the air is around 75-80* you are good to go. The lamps are just a pain in the butt in my opinion. They burn out all the time and they significantly lower the humidity.

Make sure you have good digital thermometers that are at the snakes level reading the temps. Also make sure you have a digital probed thermometer right on the glass where the UTH is (under the substrate) to measure the hottest point the snake is getting too.


As for the original question yes, same watts same amount of heat.

[SnakeKB]

Ill spray some water on the hot side to raise it up some. I have a pretty large water dish on the cool side that probably should be smaller anyways. I was thinking of doing a hide on the cool side and a water hide in the center being its an aquarium setup.

[hunter94]

Ill spray some water on the hot side to raise it up some. I have a pretty large water dish on the cool side that probably should be smaller anyways. I was thinking of doing a hide on the cool side and a water hide in the center being its an aquarium setup.

I would say just move the water dish to the hot side and see if the humidity rises on the hot side then lowers on the cool side. Also a Humidity Hide would be an excellent choice.