Ambient air temp too low, heating alternates?

[kitedemon]

Personally I would not use a IR bulb, pythons see roughly from 500 nM to 850 nM this is basically cyan to infrared 700nM being in the middle of the range 700 nM is dark red. I would suggest deep blue as it is in the 400 Nm range and is less visible to pythons.
It is likely any snake will adapt to visual light but if there is a option why not take it?

"In the rod-dominated retina of P. regius, where all cones are scarce, there are so few ultraviolet-sensitive photoreceptors that it is unreasonable to think that they could do much towards creating any kind of detailed visual picture"
THE PHOTORECEPTORS AND VISUAL PIGMENTS IN THE RETINA OF A BOID SNAKE, THE BALL PYTHON (PYTHON REGIUS) A. J. SILLMAN

[barbie.dragon]

Personally I would not use a IR bulb, pythons see roughly from 500 nM to 850 nM this is basically cyan to infrared 700nM being in the middle of the range 700 nM is dark red. I would suggest deep blue as it is in the 400 Nm range and is less visible to pythons.
It is likely any snake will adapt to visual light but if there is a option why not take it?

"In the rod-dominated retina of P. regius, where all cones are scarce, there are so few ultraviolet-sensitive photoreceptors that it is unreasonable to think that they could do much towards creating any kind of detailed visual picture"
THE PHOTORECEPTORS AND VISUAL PIGMENTS IN THE RETINA OF A BOID SNAKE, THE BALL PYTHON (PYTHON REGIUS) A. J. SILLMAN

Deep blue? Ok got it! Thanks! I really should read up on snake biology.. I come from the knowledge base of mammals... Read on I must!

EDIT: I cannot find any deep blue lights on the petstore websites. I think I'll go with the red ones and switch over to blue asap.

[kitedemon]

http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NEW-Aquarium-...ht_4401wt_1398

This is what i use in the side turned tank i don't think it would be effective in an open top tank.

[arialmt]

I find the black heat lamp to less intrusive to the human eye. I'm pretty sure the snake uses it to party too. Red or black, like the serpent merchant says a lamp with a dimmer will fix your ambient temps. The deep domes seem to focus the heat real nice and accommodate any size screw in bulb.

[KMG]

The blue night bulbs can be hard to find in higher wattages. I usually only see 50 watts in the stores.

[barbie.dragon]

Yeah I think I'll stick with the black bulbs because the snake tank is right next to my bed and I don't like the red light

[kitedemon]

The side turned tank I don't need high power heat does not escape as quickly to the room and I don't loose as much humidity. My original one during the no snake tests. I should photograph the last version I'll try to do that tonight.

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[barbie.dragon]

The side turned tank I don't need high power heat does not escape as quickly to the room and I don't loose as much humidity. My original one during the no snake tests. I should photograph the last version I'll try to do that tonight.

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Wow it looks so well made! I don't have any tools or anything and I'm not very handy so I can't do the side ways tank set up... Although I really want to
I wrapped my tank with a olive green blankie and it helped with the temperature. The temp didn't drop to 65 like it was this morning, it was at 70! Cold but not as cold as I thought! I'm going to a pet store to get the lamps this afternoon

[barbie.dragon]

The side turned tank I don't need high power heat does not escape as quickly to the room and I don't loose as much humidity. My original one during the no snake tests. I should photograph the last version I'll try to do that tonight.

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Wow it looks so well made! I don't have any tools or anything and I'm not very handy so I can't do the side ways tank set up... Although I really want to
I wrapped my tank with a olive green blankie and it helped with the temperature. The temp didn't drop to 65 like it was this morning, it was at 70! Cold but not as cold as I thought! I'm going to a pet store to get the lamps this afternoon! I will keep you guys updated on the temperatures