Hello . New BP Owner Few ?

[The Serpent Merchant]

thanks ! This weekend i shall pick one up. no light needed if i have a underpad?
that is carpet basically, not sand.? Make a difference?

Your substrate is fine. Sand is bad, but reptile carpet is fine.

as I said in my previous post, UTH's must have a thermostat to control them. To get a basic thermostat and a UTH it will cost around $60. If you do go with a UTH there are a few things to know.

Mainly UTH's do not change the air temperature in the tank so if the room that the tank is in gets below 75 degrees a heat lamp will be necessary as well.

Here are 2 good thermostats, don't bother with the junk sold in pet stores.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B000NZZG3S

http://spyderrobotics.com/