Welcome! Lots to learn here! Thought I'd chime in since I use CHE's and a UTH. -I have a 5 year old male in an animal plastics cage, but I had him in a 40gal for his first two years-
I keep my UTH at 91 and that side of his tank covered with a very thin layer of coco fiber and sphagnum moss mix (he loves to urinate in his warm hide) - he also has 60 watt CHE on the same side of the tank. Both are on their own thermostats (Herpstat EZ2). In the winter I usually have to add a second CHE on the opposite side of his tank since his tank is so long that the cool side gets too cool.
To maintain humidity I have two little sauce dishes, one in each rear corner, that has damp (not dripping) sphagnum moss in it and a large lufa-type natural sponge in the middle of the tank. I just moisten these with once or twice a day with warm water. As the moss dries from the CHE's it releases the moisture and usually keeps at 50-55% in the winter. In the summer I only have the sponge if I'm going away for more than 24 hours. With just one moss on the cool side his humidity hovers around 49-53%, when he's in shed I moisten the coco fiber over the CHE which releases really nice humidity for a few days - usually keeps it around 60-70%.
With a glass tank you will have slightly more trouble, but covering 2/3 of the lid tightly with foil should help. Good luck with your noodle!
No cage is too large - nature is the best template - a snoot can't be booped too much
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