Lighting and Heating help

[redbacksnake]

I have an enclosure with the following inside measurements

length = 110cm
depth = 64cm
height = 68cm

Snake is 6 foot coastal carpet.

What type of heating and lighting is best? I was thinking a reptistar uvb together with a normal fluro in a double batten 24" long. What do you think?
Heating - either a light or a ceramic heater. But what wattage.

What do you use for heating and lighting and what type of thermostat?

Thanks
Glenn

 

[herptrader]

What is the room temperature? How well insulated is it?

It could get a little hot with 36 watts on during the day.

IMHO carpets do not need UV but coupled with a normal flouro it can look good..

For a carpet in an enclosure of that size I would go a basking spotlght up one end like a 12v 50 watt halogen. These can look good and can be dimmed if the temperature starts to climb.

For heating my preference is for heat tape under tiles: http://www.herptrader.com.au/TiledEnclosure but the ceramic heat emitters on sale this month at the Herp Shop would do equally as well and end up costing less.

 

[redbacksnake]

Can you give me a list of things you think I should put in the enclosure from your shop plus prices. Thanks

 

[sxereturn]

There's no need for a UV tube...

If you want to do it properly, I'd put the snake in a taller, skinnier enclosure first. They will be more active, climbing from the warm end (top) to the cool end (bottom). I'd put a 40 or 60 watt Infra Red globe (with a cage!) up top, connected to a thermostat (Microclimate preferably, but black box or IMIT will do) set at around 33-34 basking temperature. Put in a small (1-2 foot) fluro, and it'll be perfect...