That's very helpful! It will be my first enclosure so I'm just not sure what to expect out of it lol. Those panels last that long? Did not know that lol. The UTH I was looking at was from exotera, it's low watts so would I have to hook that up to the thermostat also? Also when cleaning out my current glass tank I lose temps like crazy and I wait to put my girl back in till it normalizes. How long do those things take to get the tank back to safe temps after a cleaning? Thanks a lot for the info! Elated a lot of my fears lol.