Quote Originally Posted by Slim View Post
Welcome to BP.net! Good to have you here

When it comes to tank heating, do what you have to do in order to maintain a warm side at about 32C and a cooler side at about 26C. Once you achieve that temperature gradient, leave it like that 24 hours a day. Your BP will decide where it wants to be. Just be sure to have a hide on both ends.

As for lighting, Ball Pythons do very well with whatever ambient light you happen to have. They are, for the most part, nocturnal, and the lighting is more for your benefit than the snake's.
Thank you. I'm hoping I'll achieve these temps using UTH alone. I will leave it on constant day and night.

To be honest the light is more for viewing purposes (So I can monitor my girl as well as being able to see stools etc) It's a dark wood viv, and I ill be using reptibark which is also dark and it will be in a dark area of the room. If I was to use a light, would a low watt ordinary house bulb be ok?