Quote Originally Posted by snakevet121
hey everyone im getting a ball pretty soon but i have a question if my house is at around 68 degrees (im getting a bp) can i use a heat wave tropical heat pad large to heat up a 30 gallon to around 92 degrees warm and 82 on the cool side or will i need a rheostat to make it goe up tempurature to heat and can i just heat the ground or do i have to heat the air?

A rheostat will not make your temps rise but will give you control over the heat the pad or bulb is putting out. You will need a pad that has sufficent wattage to heat the ot side of the floor and then use the dimmer or thermostat to make sure it does not go over the temps you need. If you room is under 75 then you can use reflectix to kind of seal in some of the heat and bounce it back into the cage where it needs to be rather than letting it escape into the room.