Quote Originally Posted by ZPM_Power_Stardrive
Hey thanks for the warm welcome Bright202, I will have pictures up this next week for sure. I have some more purchases to make and equipment to change out given that link i followed, but you should tell me about this TUB method you mentioned, or send me a link, either way. I will tell you after reading the link provided by lord jackel i understand that to maintain the proper temp at the bottom of the tank i need the heat pads that go under the tank--->that will maintain the tank bottom at 80, and then on one side put the 75 watt red light so its around 90-92 for basking, put a refuge on the cool and warm side and a water bowl in the middle, and a small branch on either side of the tank incase it decides to clib.... its all pretty straight forward, one question though.......i understand during the day i need to use the red light 75 watter to maintain the basking temp of 90, but at night when the snake becomes more active and begins to move around, the temp is supposed to stay around 80, what light bulb do i use to view my snake without conflicting with the night cycle or raising the temp too high?
There is a sticky on using a rubbermaid tub, or any kind of plastic tub. But you don't want to cut out holes for lights. Basically what you want to do it this:
Buy a thermostat (Herpstats work well)
Buy some flexwatt
Buy a tub with a LID at www.Reptiletubs.com
Get a digital thermometer/hygrometer with probe Acu-rite- $12 Wal mart
Solder or drill some holes in the tub, tape the flexwatt to the bottom of the tub, hook the flexwatt tot he herpstat, and your good, add 2 hides, a water bowl and yeah, your set, tubs keep heat and humidity in very well.
Also if you buy from Rich at Reptile Basics, if you ask him, he'll wire everything up for you, just let him know what you wanna do, it's totally up to you, if you want a happy snake, switch to a tub, I did and I'm never looking back. If you have any questions just shoot me a PM, or if you have MSN you can add me at Mitch.Bright@hotmail.com.. I'll be more than happy to show you. But like I said it's totally up to you. Sorry if any of that was confusing