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If the weather gets 2 hot or something can I like change my heat lamp with a light lamp and/or turn off my smaller UTH?

THANKS IN ADVANCE

What do you mean your smaller uth? You know that your only supposed to have 1/3 of the tank covered with the uth right? Also, of course you should turn of the heat if it gets too hot, just dont let it drop too far.

Hello, this is ASK's Mother (I go to the Mountain Dragon Forum mostly)
She had 2 UTH, one the size for a 5-10 G tank, the other for a 10-20
she put them next to each other on one side of the tank, and has set up her tank to keep track of the heat and humididty for a week or so before she get the actual Snake (Iron out the kinks early)
the 2 heaters do cover about 1/3 of the bottom of the tank, and she was worried that it was uncomfortably warm to the touch after it had been on for a day
She is currently using Newspaper torn in wide strips as a substrate, but will most likely go to Cypress later

(just between you and me, I M very proud of her for all the preperation she is doing)
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Elizabeth (ecb)

'Good Judgment Comes From Experience
but Experience Comes From Bad Judgment'

I would trade in the heat lamp for an incandescent light NOW. Heat lamps are a waste of money for a bp...a 40-watt soft-white bulb should do just fine. If your temps get too high, I'd turn off the light first and see how that does...if still too high, then turning off the UTH nearest the middle of the tank would probably be a good idea.