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if i have a rack system with 32qt tubs and the back bottom of the tub is say 87 degrees and the front bottom is say 78-80 degress does it really matter what my ambient temp is inside the tub? thanks for any input

Not really, as long as your ambient temp isn't, say, below 65 degrees. In my tubs I've never had the ambient temp get below 70, while the warm side tends to stay between 85 and 90, depending on time of day and the temperature in my room at the time. My snakes are still eating, pooping, shedding, and otherwise behaving just fine, so I see no reason to tinker with what works!

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318 pairs of ribs.
In stating this I place reliance
On a seance with one who died for science
This figure is sworn to and attested,
He counted them while being digested."
~Ogden Nash

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