New keeper and ambient temprature

[ckuhn003]

Hello everyone!

Long time reader but first time poster here. Decided after seeing how friendly and helpful this community is as opposed to others, looking at you Reddit, that I would register and stay awhile. I'm really hoping that some of you can help me out on the topic of ambient temperatures. As I'm sure has been said many times before, 5 different websites and 5 different care guides give you 5 different answers. Hopefully someone can help clarify this for me, and I apologize if this topic has been beat to death, so to speak.

I have my new male in a 40 gallon breeder, front opening Zilla enclosure. I have 3-5 inches of Zoomed forest floor substrate (deeper in some places because I chose to bury the hides to make it a tad more realistic), plenty of clutter, fake plants, logs, cork bark etc etc. I'm using a UTH controlled by a Jump Start thermostat, probe is sandwiched between the UTH and the glass on the outside of the enclosure, and is set to 95 which has kept the warm hide at a nice 90-91 (measured with an infrared temp gun). Right now my ambient temps are right around 75 and increase during the day as it warms up, but never higher than say 78. my Humidity stays between 60-70% when not using any overhead heat. I have a 60 watt CHE that I can turn on, which bumps the ambient temp to around 84-85 but then drops my humidity below 50% later in the day. I have over half the top covered in aluminum foil, and the plastic covers that Zilla includes with this enclosure to hold in humidity, but as you all know, tanks aren't the best at retaining moisture.
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My issue is, again going back to 5 sites 5 answers, I've read that below 70 is a no go, below 75 is a no go, below 80 is a no go. I've read that I shouldn't worry about the ambient temp as long as the hot spot is where it should be, I've read that I need the hot spot and the ambient temp just so or the snake will die, I mean... there is a lot of back and forth about this stuff. Can someone help me out here? I even browsed the forums on Morph Market and the breeders are going back and forth disagreeing about this. I guess I just want to not stress about this, but be sure that my animal is getting the best care I can provide.

It sounds like you've done a lot of research and it shows in your setup description. I agree, the more you read, the more answers you're going to get on setup requirements. I 'think' the optimal ambient temps are around 80 but I think anything over 75 should be sufficient. The more important numbers to focus on would be belly heat (especially since BPs spend most of their time in their hides) and humidity for good sheds. It sounds to me that your well on your way.