This is very frustrating. I bought a 12 x 14 human heating pad, set on Med., and put it under the hot end of the tank, and I moved the smaller reptile UTH over to the cool side. I took out most of the repti-bark and laid down newspaper. And I'm still using the 75 watt blue bulb, but the temp's not getting over 80 during both the day and night on the hot end now. It's 72 on the cool end.

I don't understand. Should I turn up the setting on the heating pad to high (I'm pretty sure it would burn him if he somehow gets under the newspaper which is taped down) or buy another pad for under the cool side? I know someone here is only using the heating pads for warmth and it's working for them.