Temperature question

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by smy_749

Siliconing or ziptying etc. to the enclosure is fine, and works great. I just like to be able to remove the probe when I take the tubs out to clean etc. and I find it easier to be on the heat, not the tub, but whatever works.

How can I do this with a zoo-med reptitherm heat pad? The reason why I choose to put the probes inside the tank is partly due to the fact that the heat pad only generates heat outwards from the sticky side of the heat pad. The back of the heat pad may get warm but that is only residual heat being produced from the sticky side. What kind of heat pads can I use where I can place the probe directly on it? By the way I am using these heat pads on glass enclosures.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by mikoh4792

How can I do this with a zoo-med reptitherm heat pad? The reason why I choose to put the probes inside the tank is partly due to the fact that the heat pad only generates heat outwards from the sticky side of the heat pad. The back of the heat pad may get warm but that is only residual heat being produced from the sticky side. What kind of heat pads can I use where I can place the probe directly on it? By the way I am using these heat pads on glass enclosures.

I stopped using zoomed pretty much anything, except a spray bottle I have :P. I had a zoomed undertank heatpad when I was like 15 or something, and without a thermostat. It burned my carpet and could have caught my house on fire....
so yea. I'll post a picture of the ones I use if I'm not using heat tape from flexwatt.

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by smy_749

I stopped using zoomed pretty much anything, except a spray bottle I have :P. I had a zoomed undertank heatpad when I was like 15 or something, and without a thermostat. It burned my carpet and could have caught my house on fire....
so yea. I'll post a picture of the ones I use if I'm not using heat tape from flexwatt.

How is flexx watt on glass? I actually have a spare roll of heat tape(8 feet I think) but I've never tried using it on glass enclosures.

I had a similar experience, although it was more my fault than the product's. When I was 9 or so I was cleaning enclosures and I left a heat lamp's ceramic socket top on the carpet and it burned a hole right through. Almost caught on fire.

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by mikoh4792

How is flexx watt on glass? I actually have a spare roll of heat tape(8 feet I think) but I've never tried using it on glass enclosures.

I had a similar experience, although it was more my fault than the product's. When I was 9 or so I was cleaning enclosures and I left a heat lamp's ceramic socket top on the carpet and it burned a hole right through. Almost caught on fire.

Idk if your referring to flexwatt heat tape, I don't use glass enclosures generally, and if I do its with a heat lamp. Never tried the tape on them, I have flexwatt type pads that are laminated or w.e, and they never get too hot.

They look like this (nothing to 'stick' them with) You can use velcro or something lol

[Mikoh4792]

Originally Posted by smy_749

Idk if your referring to flexwatt heat tape, I don't use glass enclosures generally, and if I do its with a heat lamp. Never tried the tape on them, I have flexwatt type pads that are laminated or w.e, and they never get too hot.

They look like this (nothing to 'stick' them with) You can use velcro or something lol

I've seen those type of pads before. Do they get hot enough to penetrate plastic enclosures? Once my snakes become juveniles I am moving them to AP or PVC cages. And if you aren't using glass enclosures(with the bottom having some distance between itself and the floor), how do you keep the cage elevated so the cage doesn't pinch the pad/cord?

[smy_749]

Originally Posted by mikoh4792

I've seen those type of pads before. Do they get hot enough to penetrate plastic enclosures? Once my snakes become juveniles I am moving them to AP or PVC cages. And if you aren't using glass enclosures(with the bottom having some distance between itself and the floor), how do you keep the cage elevated so the cage doesn't pinch the pad/cord?

Folded pieces of cardboard and 4 pieces of velcro stuck to the pad / bottom of the enclosure works well.

[sweatshirt]

Haha thanks for all the replies everyone.

I'm just gonna make do and modify the glass tank til she outgrows it in a year or so, then I'll get a boaphile or something.

I'm hoping to get a new thermostat and a humidity monitor for her tank.

And yeah, about the substrate, I ditched the aspen I had her in first and got a bedding that holds humidity better... I forget what it's called and I lost the bag but it seems to have helped so far. :P

I also am wondering about something I read on another forum... they said a way to help keep humidity in is to moisten some paper towels and lay them on the top of the tank... should I just turn off the lamp and do that til I get Plexiglas?

P.S. Right now I have the probe inside on top of the UTH so should I move it to the outside and tape it on?

[Ourobouros]

The heat lamp is what evaporates moisture most. My glass tank is fine with the night heat lamp on, maintaining 35-40% (for MBK) without my help, but the day bulb just drinks up all the water I spray. I actually covered one half the tank lid with a nice large thick plastic bag (not a grocery bag) and then a folded pillow case on top of that.. No bueno guys... Still too much of the screen unconvered

What is the science behind why everyone here thinks glass loses humidity? I think the heat and screen top are to blame. Going to find out soon. Here's an interesting solution I found that I'll try for myself..

Solution for Humidity Problems in a Glass Tank.

[KORBIN5895]

Just put tin foil across your mesh then put the lamp directly on top.