Showcase tanks (Constructed of High-Density Polyethylene Plastic) and UTH, any ideas

Hey gang! Just received a Showcase tank I ordered for my Mohave and while setting it up noticed that my lrg ZooMed UTH won't stick to the plastic bottom :( They are shipping me a heat pad holder (? I dunno either ?) but was wondering in the meantime if anyone else has run into this issue with a Showcase or any other plastic-type tank. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks, Joe

Hey,

I have two showcase cages. From showcasecages.com, yeah? I ran into the same problem. To fix this I put duck tape where I wanted to place my UTH. That way the UTH had a smooth surface to stick too. I had to do this for my humidity gauges as well.

The only other problem I had with these cages was that my female Mojave would get stuck in the small area just above the glass doors. So I went to Low's and got a 6' foam tube for .97 cents and put that up there so she couldn't fit.

Lucas

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Originally Posted by Tache

Hey,

I have two showcase cages. From showcasecages.com, yeah? I ran into the same problem. To fix this I put duck tape where I wanted to place my UTH. That way the UTH had a smooth surface to stick too. I had to do this for my humidity gauges as well.

The only other problem I had with these cages was that my female Mojave would get stuck in the small area just above the glass doors. So I went to Low's and got a 6' foam tube for .97 cents and put that up there so she couldn't fit.

Lucas

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Awesome! I appreciate the idea, one question tho, the heatpad doesn't melt the duct tape at all?

No snake needs temps high enough to melt duct tape or plastic. It'll just make the adhesive gooey. I believe the adhesive on foil tape is made to resist that so it might work as well.

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Originally Posted by vegastoy

Awesome! I appreciate the idea, one question tho, the heatpad doesn't melt the duct tape at all?

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Yeah - you don't want to use duct tape. It will make a gooey mess eventually. Go to Home Depot in the hardware section and buy some aluminum plumbing tape instead.

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Yeah - you don't want to use duct tape. It will make a gooey mess eventually. Go to Home Depot in the hardware section and buy some aluminum plumbing tape instead.

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Nice call on the aluminum tape! Worked perfectly and no mess! Joe :banana: