Acrylic enclosure

[HazAnga]

well this might counteract what you guy's have said, but yes these tanks are for my corns, the heat mat covers maybe 1/5th of the tank. the middle of the whole tank is where it is. it doesn't git so hot that it's going to melt the acrylic, my boss at the pet store i used to work at has done it for years and no problem (not to say that it couldn't ever happen) the acrylic is 1/4" thick and I'm not worried about it warping or melting or bending in anyway. The place where I got the acrylic also have a couple guys who have something similar to what I've done and do the same thing with their UTH's.
They do spend their time hiding and under the substrate, sometimes coming out to wonder around, most of the time yes they do come out after the (sun's gone down).
As for the fan's, well i scraped that idea, mainly cuzz i didn't feel like drilling more holes to mount the fans then wire them up .

[Floof]

well this might counteract what you guy's have said, but yes these tanks are for my corns, the heat mat covers maybe 1/5th of the tank. the middle of the whole tank is where it is. it doesn't git so hot that it's going to melt the acrylic, my boss at the pet store i used to work at has done it for years and no problem (not to say that it couldn't ever happen) the acrylic is 1/4" thick and I'm not worried about it warping or melting or bending in anyway. The place where I got the acrylic also have a couple guys who have something similar to what I've done and do the same thing with their UTH's.

So, you don't control the heat mat in any way? I implore you to take the temperature of the heat pad under the substrate layer... It may surprise you how hot it gets. Maybe not hot enough to damage the acrylic, but certainly hot enough to damage your snakes. It's especially important to check if your snakes tend to burrow over the heat mat, as that means they're getting in that insulated area where all the heat is being held from the heat mat (and even being supplemented by the heat lamp--making it an even more dangerous situation).

I'm sorry if I'm getting annoying, but my biggest fear when it comes to reptiles is an overheating enclosure/room, or an out of control heat mat, and the animal either being unable to escape it or too stupid to get out of the way of that heat. I really, really don't want to see you make a post stating "my snake got burned" because "the UTH got too hot." Unregulated heat pads can be dangerous.