well all, thanks for the quick answers. i removed the carpet, put in a 60% aspen mulch 40% shaved coconut mix in its place. put in 2 under tank heaters each with a rheostat and got rid of the heat lights. so far temps are perfect at 94 hot side, 81-82 cool side. humidity is around 65%. i also got rid of the screen top and put on my hinged glass vented top. The setup i had originally was recommended by the pet store reptile "expert". hmmmm time for a new pet store.