Quote Originally Posted by GoingPostal View Post
It's gotta be the open dome and being a few inches away, why not get a smaller enclosed one that you can place directly on the screen. I've got the same wattage running in my large open iguana cage over a perch and it heats the whole enclosure a few degrees plus makes a 90f hot spot with 80 ambient below it. I also don't see how switching from a glass aquarium to a glass enclosure is going to help your situation any, why not get a pvc cage with a radiant heat panel?

I am not really familiar or educated when it comes to pvc caging or how they really work to be honest. I will do some research, because I do want a nice collection some day of different types of pythons and boas. Any info you do have about them would be nice though. The benefits and set up and what not. I assume they are top quality and very spendy? I am willing to invest in top quality though.

also, from what you said it seems you are saying it is okay to put a CHE into an enclosed dome? Everything I have read has said that they get too hot for enclosed domes but I realize this may just be for liability reasons?