Hi, I'm new here. But I've had my leopard gecko for a couple of years now. He does fine with room temperature (I also live on the top floor of an appartment building that stays around 76-80 degrees. I also used to live in Florida so my old house used to stay at the same temps). You can also use exo-terra's night glo bulbs (moonlight) that produce a blueish hugh. But being ground dwelling it would be best to use an under the tank heat pad, but you need to make sure you have enough space between the pad and the top of the substrate because it might burn the leo. Also do not use a heat rock due to possible burns. I use washed play sand as a substrate. Do not use calci-sand due to possible impaction. And do not use any kind of sand for jueviniles. Be careful with the carpet like material because if they fray around the edges at all the leo could try to eat it. Put in a nice humid hide (they are very reclusive). Also leave a little bit of calcium in the tank for them to lick. And dust the food twice a week.
Right now I have mine in a 29 tall tank with no lid on it. I feed him superworms since they aren't annoying like crickets and can't jump out, and imo they are also better then meal worms since the gecko cannot swallow them whole and has to chew it thus killing the worm. You don't have to worry about cutting the mouths off the worms that way too. In the future I plan of feeding roaches since they overall sound like a better choice IMO. For my hide I drilled a few 1.5" holes through a log forming a large chamber in the middle.I also sanded it down, bleach bathed it, and washed it.
Right now I have mine in a 29 tall tank with no lid on it. I feed him superworms since they aren't annoying like crickets and can't jump out, and imo they are also better then meal worms since the gecko cannot swallow them whole and has to chew it thus killing the worm. You don't have to worry about cutting the mouths off the worms that way too. In the future I plan of feeding roaches since they overall sound like a better choice IMO. For my hide I drilled a few 1.5" holes through a log forming a large chamber in the middle.I also sanded it down, bleach bathed it, and washed it.
And to contribute to the heating question asked earlier, i use a UTH right under the hotside cave, which gets it to about 87-88F, (I have a probe thermometer which i suggest you get), but i also use a 50 watt infrared bulb on top of that which gets the hot hide to about 95+, and then on top of that they can bask outside of it. With the infrared bulb, the cool and humid hide are both around 76F, but imo if you leave the UTH all the time (which is what i do), it leaves the hot hide at a reasonably good temperature, but also lets the cool hide drop pretty low so that they have the choice for themsleves.