Help with choosing ceramic bulb wattage

[chipdizzle1]

I am getting a 60hx40lx40w reptile one enclosure and want to replicate the tropical conditions in the northern rainforest parts of australia. What wattage bulb would I need to get a temperature of 25-33 degrees? Winter in melbourne gets pretty cold and my house is unheated unless there is someone at home. Thermostat recommendations would be appreciated too.

Also how would I go about getting silicone off the glass of the enclosure?

 

[Herpetology]

what animal..

if you must use a ceramic heater, you only want it to act as an ambient temp heater not to create a basking spot, due to the way it heats, it radiates heat which provides heat in all directions, unlike a basking globe which generally directs heat down.

 

[chipdizzle1]

what animal..

if you must use a ceramic heater, you only want it to act as an ambient temp heater not to create a basking spot, due to the way it heats, it radiates heat which provides heat in all directions, unlike a basking globe which generally directs heat down.

I'm keeping oecophylla smaradigna or green tree ants in there so a basking spot is not needed. Not a reptile but still figured this would be the best place to ask about heating an enclosure like this.

Something to raise the ambient temps is exactly what I'm looking for. Not many people keep this species so there's not a lot of information online. I do know what kind of heating element i need, just a matter of how powerful it should be. Wouldn't want to cook them and wouldn't want to let freeze them either.

 

[Diprotodon01]

Deep heat projector on a thermostat would be my choice if looking to emulate the suns energy uva from heat projectors is far closer to suns energy those ceramic heat emitters provide uvc both fixtures don’t provide any light you could provide with jungle dawn led if you were simulating a day and night cycle
Silicone can be removed from glass with a fresh Stanley blade mind your fingers and go easy some water to lubricate glass look out for any debris that can come between the knife blade and glass as that will scratch your glass

Deep heat projector on a thermostat would be my choice if looking to emulate the suns energy uva from heat projectors is far closer to suns energy those ceramic heat emitters provide uvc both fixtures don’t provide any light you could provide with jungle dawn led if you were simulating a day and night cycle
Silicone can be removed from glass with a fresh Stanley blade mind your fingers and go easy some water to lubricate glass look out for any debris that can come between the knife blade and glass as that will scratch your glass

By the way that silicone job is definitely trying to seal the base of that terrarium if it’s water tight right now might be better to just paint the bottom section sides black to hide the white silicone or yes go through the process of removing and the reinstall with clear aquarium grade silicone it certainly will take a bit of grit to remove that amount of cured silicone you can get a silicone remover from Reece plumbing that will soften the silicone but unless they did a great seal job
which it really doesn’t look professional being white they used then she should cut back quite easy and because your replacing it you can go hard buy a couple of packets of box cutters plastic stanley knives from crazy Clark’s that will get you nearly all the way
Plus if the glass starts coming apart you could re silicone a section at a time over a few day to hold things together remember your not going to see slot once filled so just make sure to make it water tight and test for leaks before you move forward with the build