Quote Originally Posted by Annarose15 View Post
Ambient needs to be 78-82. The cool side surface temp is pretty much irrelevant. The hot spot aids digestion, and the air in their lungs largely determines overall body temperature. That's why a BP will scorch itself hugging a heat rock when the air temps are too low.

Or think about it this way - if you sat on a 90deg stool in a 50deg room, would you feel like it was 70deg all over your body? Hyperbole, of course.
Lol good point but it does illustrate it well for me ha. So if I can get a uth to maintain somewhere around the 90 deg range I should have no need for the heat lamp except for occasionally to raise the ambient a few degress right?