If you don't want to go the tub/rack route and stay with the tanks I would wait until Petsmart (or Petco?) has their $1 a gallon sale and pick up a tank there. I use show boxes and plastic bowls for hides (with entrances cut) so that's some cheap ideas for hides and you can still put fake plants in there to make it look pretty (decorative plants at hobby/craft stores work fine for me: just wash them first and they're a lot cheaper than the plastic plants sold in pet stores). You should have a thermostat attached to your UTH (if you have one, disregard if you have just the lamps for heating) which you can probably make to work with both heat pads. I don't use heat lamps but I've ready that you need a dimmer with these too so they don't overheat (just throwing it out there). You can check CL too to see if people are selling cheap lamps or tanks. Some ideas so you're not buyng brand new/more expensive things.
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