Odin checking out his new home.

[Craiga 01453]

im sure you guessed but im new to this so sorry for all the questions, but from what i understand your saying to use the lamp to create the heat for the whole tank correct? and if thats the case what do i do when i turn it off at night or do i just leave it on?

No problem at all. That's what makes this forum so great. People from around the world, of all different walks of life, all different experience levels, all here for the same reason: we love snakes!
We were ALL new once upon a time.

Until I can afford to upgrade my enclosures (planning on building a 4 tier PVC enclosure) I run lights on my enclosures as well. I only use the real dark purple ones though. BPs don't need light, they actually prefer the dark, so a typical "white" light isn't recommended anyway. This time of year I can usually get away with ambient room temps during the day and only run my lights at night where I live. But the dark ones are dark enough that they barely look lit up. I sleep in this room (spare bedroom/animal room) most nights because I snore too loud and the lights don't bother me at all.