flexwatt on a glass enclosure

[NCKarlov]

i keep my baby ball in a 30 gallon (long) glass enclosure. I am guessing that a 11" flexwatt with a ranco or helix (haven't decided how much money i'll have yet). is going to do the trick? UTH is my last step for her cage, and i searched this forum pretty well and saw not alot on the subject of glass enclosures.

[tmlowe5704]

i keep my baby ball in a 30 gallon (long) glass enclosure. I am guessing that a 11" flexwatt with a ranco or helix (haven't decided how much money i'll have yet). is going to do the trick? UTH is my last step for her cage, and i searched this forum pretty well and saw not alot on the subject of glass enclosures.

yes that will do unless it is in a very cold room. it still needs to be regulated though

[muddoc]

So long as you have a thermostat or rheostat on the heat panel, it will be fine. If you pt the heat panel on the glass unregulated, it will probably crack the glass.

[NCKarlov]

i'm definately going to regulate it via thermostat...i'm just trying to see what size is big enough? like does half of the tank need to be covered in the heat source?

[dr del]

Hi,


I'm far from expert at this but I always try to have a third of the enclosure at the hot end temp ( with a smaller supplemental basking spot if I can) to try and give a smoother temperature gradient.



dr del