Ambient temp

[Slither Seeker]

if you insulate the enclosure you can use UTH's to heat ambient, but otherwise, you need more. i've given up on heat lamps/CHE's. I have taken the extra steps to insulate so that I can seal up the tank more and stabilize the humidty and temp. I like thermax insulation, it's got foil on both sides and looks decent. with a high wattage heat source you have to keep things open and that creates swings in humidity/temp, at least it did for me. the below set up is heated with two small UTH's, one under each hide, one set to higher temp and one set to lower temp via herpstate II. the UTH's are modified and placed inside the enslosure. here is a photo of my juvenile set up and the UTH. I also made a 40 gallon version that is housing my baby red foot for now but will be the next home for our BP, I plan to go bio active, planted in the 40 gallon since it worked so well for our BRB, which has relied on a medium UTH on glass, inside the enclosure (no problems for 2 years, steady temps and humidity, no burns).