There's not really any ambient light in that room. It's down a dark hallway and in what used to be half of the garage before I owned the house. Previous owner converted it, but there aren't any windows. So, the lights aren't really an option to leave off. All except for 1 of the snakes are much more lackluster feeders without the day and night cycle. About half stayed so-so with just a lamp in the room on a timer; I'm guessing because the light didnt really get inside the cages like it might from a window.

The temperatures seem to have stabilized in the divided tank with the corn snake and milk snake roughly 79 on the cool end near the from, floor in the back around 82, and 85 at the center edge where the heat tape is. That's pretty close to what I was seeing before with tubs and without the light. It always read a degree or two warmer in the tub than the room temperature.

Looks light turning off the cool side light in the BP cages gets the coll side to exactly 80. So I'll do that for now, I think.

I'm exploring a different kind of LED light for the colubrids (or all). Those flexible strips of individual LEDs. I found an inexpensive set that retains settings on a timer and is 1 meter that sounds nearly perfect for about $8.50 on Amazon. Hot glue on all edges along with its sticky tape and low profile so no one can hang from them should keep them solidly in place. That would even be cheaper than the fixtures, much less the fixture plus the LED bulbs I was intending to get.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B01FJ...op_mb_pd_title

Just a bummer that I'll end up with those light fixtures extra... most of them I don't have the receipt for.

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