Quote Originally Posted by kyleax1 View Post
Last night I did some temp testing and used a probe thermometer put half way between the substrate over the UTH and it got to a max of 72F throughout the night. After reading on here I will do another reading with the probe directly on the glass above the UTH to see how hot it is. But if I had to take a guess its still not going to be as hot as it needs to be. This aquarium glass is thick, thick glass.
I want to say this is impossible. For the fact that a non regulated UTH can get above 130 degrees. I don't care how thick the glass is, it is hot enough.
I am guessing your method of measuring temps is wrong. Temps need to be measures at the ground level under substrate. BP's will burrow and if you measure temps other than the very bottom the snake could burn him/herself.
On a side note with such a low night temp you are going to have to insulate the tankglass with corkboard. I would also suggest wrapping the tank in flexwatt (3 sides) and set the tape at 80 degrees then use a UTH to heat the hot side to the 92. That should help keep temps normal 24/7.