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Having trouble keeping temps stable
I have a 50 gallon glas aquarium with a sliding screen top. I am using it for my new ball python (its a young adult i think, its less than 3 feet, the pet store guys said it was 10 yrs old but i dont think its that old.) For substrate i have fir bark, i have a hideout on the left and right (hot/cool respectively) sides of the tank. I am using a 50 gallon aquarium under tank heater. I have it slid underneath on the left, narrow side of the aquarium, so its sliding under the hideout on the left, and a little infront of the hideout. the temperature on the cool side seems to be doing just fine, sticking right around 80-85F for 2 days straight now. But the warm side where the heater is im having trouble keeping the temp stable. I woke up this morning and it was a blood boiling 98.8 in there, but last night before i went to bed i was having trouble getting it to reach 90F. I did go out and buy a lamp dimmer, but its a crappy one that i have to rewire my heater to if i wanted to use it. It doesnt just plug into the wall and let the heater plug into it , i would have to slice the power outlet for the heater up and splice it into the dimmer... and i really dont want to destroy something i just paid 60 bucks for yesterday. Please someone give me some advice. Right now this is my biggest worry, getting the aquarium to stick at a stable temp.
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