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    Best way to heat a glass tank?

    How does everyone heat their glass tanks for their bps?

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    UTH and a lamp if my ambient temps dip at all. also something to note is if you have a screen top you may want to consider covering a good bit of it will plexi glass or something like that. helps hold some heat and helps with humidity.
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    Re: Best way to heat a glass tank?

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    UTH and a lamp if my ambient temps dip at all. also something to note is if you have a screen top you may want to consider covering a good bit of it will plexi glass or something like that. helps hold some heat and helps with humidity.
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    uth on both sides, heat lamp in the middle. of course all of them on t-stats. cover the top with foil.
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    Only a UTH? Nothing else?

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    ok so i am guessing you are looking for something you can buy at a store right? if so get a UTH for the correct size tank you have and a lamp for the middle. I dont put a uth on the cool side because i have plexi on the top and my temps are correct without it. but UTH on one side lamp middle and that should do it. just make sure you have a hide on hot side and cool side and they are identical so the snake can go between the 2 to regulate its temp.
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    I use a UTH, covered the top with foil like the instructions in the sticky forum, and covered three sides of the tank and it works great. I keep the house in the high to mid 70's.
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    dont forget to put the che lamp in the middle over the water dish
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    cardboard around the outsides of the glass is a cheap way to help insulate the tank

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    I blacked out 3 sides with paint, used the foil and tape method mentioned in the sticky, use a uth and heat lamp, and have my tanks in their own room with the temp set at 77 (keeps the ambient tank temps at 82.5 consistantly)

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