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[darthkevin]

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[hypnotixdmp]

Minus the fact he's not replying anymore, I understood exactly what he was asking for


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[Chris Yi]

Is it important to heat the room temperature AND the base of the tank as well? I do have a UTH and a cheap lamp, but I thought one would suffice. Would you say that having both on the basking side, with the air temp and the base glass temp at 90-95 be ideal?

[martin82531]

Is it important to heat the room temperature AND the base of the tank as well? I do have a UTH and a cheap lamp, but I thought one would suffice. Would you say that having both on the basking side, with the air temp and the base glass temp at 90-95 be ideal?

There are two temperatures inside your enclosure you need focus on. One is the surface temp, this is generally going to be the hot side of you tank directly above your UTH. Make note, when measuring the surface temperature you need to measure directly above the UTH, don't measure above the substrate as this temperature is usually lower and if you snake burrows, depending on your temps, it could cause harm to your ball. The second temp is the ambient temperature or "room temperature" of your ball enclosure, you want this around 80 degrees.