Ophelia's new digs - Tank upgrade move in day!

[Homebody]

For sure, I get that. The reason in this case is that when I moved it over I felt I had to turn it up too high to get the gradient to move all the way over to the cool side to get a proper balance. I moved it to the middle but favoring the warm side a bit more and it seems to get a really good spread throughout. 85-88 on the warm side and 77-80 on the cooler side.

Not sure if it's due to the CHE wattage (I got the 60w for now) or my apartment and the big cool counter top she's on. There is UTH on the warm side as well (sitting at 89-90), so I figured as long as she has the warm spot dialed in, the ambient gradient like this should still be comfy.

I suspected that the CHE might be maintaining ambient rather than creating a hot spot for basking. So then, how is your UTH creating a basking spot through 2 inches of substrate? I hope that you don't have the UTH cranked so high that temps reach 89 - 90F on top of the substrate. If that's the case, it'll be way too hot underneath the substrate.