Quote Originally Posted by thecrazyandinsane View Post
The lamp doesn't do much to the temperature I'm assuming because it's around two feet from the substrate (the tank is a 55 gallon so it's rather tall and the lamp is propped up a couple inches from the lid to prevent it from possibly melting the plastic on the sides.) The way that the hot spot is at the temperature that it is is because a rock in the enclosure absorbs the heat from the lamp.
in a 55 you are oing to have a ton of problems trying to hold heat and humidity, I started that way and it was a lot of work.
do yourself a favor and either get a 20 gallon tank or a 28qt tub.