Ok I definately need to make a sticky for this if I can ever get around to it.
Here is How I manage temps in my Aquariums this works great for all size tanks
I cover 3 exterior sides with a aquarium background for viewing pleasure only
Then I take Cardboard and cover one side with foil tape and attach over the background on the ouside of the tank with the foil tape facing in to reflect heat back in Looks kinda like this
Then I use plexi on top of the mesh Cut a hole to fit you heat lamp and several holes for ventilation
I use a 60W CHE in my 20 longs and a 100W CHE in my 40 long All my CHE's are on a dimmer bought from homedepot looks kinda like this
My UTH is usually a peice of 11in Flexwatt I prefer to use the Vivarium T-stats to regulate the heat for those I set min to about 98 with the T-stat probe taped to the Flexwatt under the tank. I never use tape or glue in any of my enclosure (see the numerous threads about snakes stuck to -----)
When all is setup properly this give me what I think is great temps for my snakes
about ambient 80 with a hot hide about 92. As you can see on the accurite temps and humidity are great and the room temp when that was taken was about 66f
Hope this helps and feel free to ask me any more questions you might Have
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