Quote Originally Posted by Evolution View Post
Its a ten gallon. The light hood only allows me to use 15 watt bulbs which doesn't do much. So I'm switching to this one(picture below) once my red ear slider gets his new one next week. I'm planning on putting in a 40 watt bulb currently. Do you think that would work? If not I'll look into getting a dimmer switch.
Without a dimmer the bulb will be on full blast and dry out the enclosure. You could actually place a second UTH on the side of the tank to help with temps without drying as much.