WOW!!! I was gonna say when I first looked at the 1st pic that you need to redo it and add some more hides but when I scrolled down I was like "WOW!!" lol That looks really nice. I hope to be able to do a naturalistic cage eventually. Oh ya, A good way I have lifted a tank off the heat pad is to put a book under each side that are about the same thickness. It should life the tank up high enough but not too high so all the heat escapes