need help heating tank

[The Serpent Merchant]

Get a red or blue IR bulb, DO NOT USE BLACK LIGHT IT WILL BURN YOUR SNAKE (SUNBURN)

Get a dimmer, they are super cheap, plug the light into the dimmer and dim to the temp that you require.

IR (red/blue) they cant see, you can use it in the day or night, blue is a bit better if you can find it.

To simulate daytime just turn the room's light on, regular lighting is fine, turn it off when its night time before bed.

I see no hides, you need one at the cool side and one at the warm side, also the tank is quite big and might stress the little guy out.

You need to get a hygromiter (measures humidity) and 2 thermomiters (digital) one at cool and one at warm side.

This isn't true, blacklight heatlamps cannot give a snake a sunburn as the glass the bulb is made of blocks out all of the UV rays. Actual uv fluorescent tubes have to be made from a special type of quarts glass so UV rays can pass through.