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If I have a room with an ambient temperature of 70 degrees, would it be too nuch heat if I placed both an undertank heater and a 150 watt ceramic heat emitter on a 55 gallon tank?
Thanks a lot.

>>If I have a room with an ambient temperature of 70 degrees, would it be too nuch heat if I placed both an undertank heater and a 150 watt ceramic heat emitter on a 55 gallon tank?
>> Thanks a lot.

Believe me you will find out in the end that they are nothing but a very big headache!I am a poor boy from ky,lol,an their are several other ways to house your boa in an he/she will be just as happy an probably alot healtheir an you yoursel will not have to worry over heat,drafts or humidity!Leave the aqauriums for the fish man!You can take this info or leave it an learn for yourself!Go with a steralite if you have too!They work great!Thanks Eric[Hypoboa]
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E&C's Exotic House of Reptiles

While I do agree with Hypoboa1 that an aquarium is not the greatest thing (getting humidity right is a pain). If it is all you have the only thing you can do is try it and see.

But please, please save your self the headache and invest some money (around $85) and get a good quality thermostat. That will save you trouble on trying to get the temp right and might save your snakes life.
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Jeff
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“It’s not bragging if you can prove it”

Before I put any type of heat into a snakes' cage, I hook it up to a thermostat, and thermometer. I couldn't do it any other way, it'd make me a nervous wreck.
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--aka DMOG68

I would have to agree with all the posts below, that although a fish tank isnt the best way to store a boa, hey everyone starts somewhere BUT a thermostat is sooooooooo needed in order to control the heat which is produced. It will help your heating progress and you will be in control of the heat not the wall outlet and the electricity that will run through it... Buy something to regulate the heat.

Sincerely,
Rose Hipskind

Let us know how it goes.....
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www.srsnakes.com

Ditto everyone else! Buy a proportional controller for the ceramic heater (Big Apple Herp makes a nice, easy-to-use one) and you'll be in good shape.

Boas often have trouble in glass tanks because the heat escapes through the glass and humidity escapes through the top. If you have to use a glass tank, try taping pieces of styrene foam insulation around the back, bottom and sides of the tank. You can buy $3.00 sheet of it from Home Depot. Cut it with large scissors or a ulility knife then snap it. Cover much of the screen top too.
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Mark G