ZooMed UTH on tubs

So I just got a Zoo Med UTH and I'm wondering what I should put in between it and the tub?. I hear it doesn't stick well plus I don't want to melt the tub....
Any ideas?

I first tried to simply tape the heat mat to the tub but it wouldn't hold tight enough against the tub to allow for proper heat penetration so I peeled back the sticky paper stuff and stuck it directly to the tub and then taped the edges down with aluminum tape - it worked fine then.

But it doesn't melt the tub???

No, it wont melt the tub just as long as you have it regulated by a thermostat.

awesome thanks alot!

it won't melt the tub unregulated, but unregulated will harm your animal.

I take the paper off, then stick aluminum tape to them so I can move them around if needed;)

why do people always ask if it will melt the tub?? its pretty obvious that it will take some pretty extreme heat to melt a tub, and that kind of heat is too high to obviously expose your animal too.

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Originally Posted by PitOnTheProwl

I take the paper off, then stick aluminum tape to them so I can move them around if needed;)

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I don't even take the sticky paper off of mine.

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Originally Posted by mpkeelee

why do people always ask if it will melt the tub?? its pretty obvious that it will take some pretty extreme heat to melt a tub, and that kind of heat is too high to obviously expose your animal too.

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because lightbulbs melt plastic and people just associate reptile heating with melting plastic. lightbulbs can get 400+ degrees while heat tape only gets about 140-150 unregulated.