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I'm getting my first corn tommorw, and I already have a full setup. I have a 20 gallon tank, aspen substrate, UTH, and a thermometer with a probe, and 2 hides, (one warm, one cool). The only thing I am worried about is that my UTH is just a plug in. My temperature right now, under the substrate were the UTH is, is 87.5 degrees F. Will the temperature keep rising since my UTH is just a plug in and I cant control how much heat it gives off? Now it reads 87.7. What do I do? Should keep unplugging, then plugging back in the UTH?
 
Congrats on the new corn.
The best thing for you to do is to either purchase a thermostat which turns the heat on and off to get it to the set tempature. Or a Rheostat/Dimmer which keeps it turned on to a certain amount of power.
Thermostats are more expensive but once you get them set up you don't have to mess with them.
With Rheostats, if your tempature in your room ever fluciates your heat will as well, so the dimmer needs to be adjusted by your wary eye to keep it in check.
 
Yes, I too recommend the use of a thermostat. It will give you peace of mind if nothing else.
 
Alright then I shall go and get a thermostat. I'm not so sure on how it works though. And for the warm side of the tank is a temp of 88-89 acceptable, or is that too high of temperature?
 
I think it's a touch too high personally, but some people do keep their snakes around that tempature.
Personally I am for more of mid to low 80's.

The way a thermostat works is. You plug your undertank heater to the thermostat, and then plug the thermostat into the plug. There should be a probe, you place the probe directly over the heat source and make sure everything is plugged in.
Then usually the thermostat will run to whatever it has been preset at, if that's too low turn up the knob, if it's too high then turn it down. It's a little bit of trial and error untill you get it to the temp you want.
 
The other side of the tank is reading at 80-82 would that be fine for the snake? I just want to make sure everything is right for it, I dont want to screw up on my first snake.
 
Nope that's not good.
Is it really hot in your room or something? Or did you also put a heating device over the other side?

Cool side should be mid 70's and hot side should be mid 80's
 
yeah I should of waited until taking the temperature. Right now it is sitting at 75-76. Would that be more ideal, instead of high 80's?
 
Thats a good temp, try not to let it get to hot in your room. Opening the door to let cool air in might help some.
 
If you are measuring the hot side on top of aor above the substrate, then it is MUCH hotter below the substrate where your snake can burrow down to.
 
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