Ambient temperatures?

[chrid16371]

Hold up.... have you gotten the t8 yet? If not, here is my advice... skip the UTH.... get the T8, a Herpstat 1, and an 80w RHP. That RHP will heat your entire enclosure. With the money you save on heat tape and herpstat 2, you should be able to afford the RHP.

T8's are great... but the second you go cutting holes in them for screens, there goes your humidity.

This is exactly what you should do. My previous post is still an option but I didn't think about the $100 you will save getting the herpstat 1 instead of 2, not having to buy 8" screen and a 20$ che and not having to buy a uth. That will save you plenty of money to get the 80w rhp from reptile basics and still have some extra cash.