Building a rack

In the next few months I'm going to building a rack. I want to make it 3 tall by 2 wide with smaller ones on top of that for my sand boas. I'm going to use separate stats for them because the smaller ones are for my sand boas. So for flex watt I'm going to put it at the bottom of each section towards the back, what size should I use? Also will 10g tubs work? There about the same size as I think 36q but a little bit taller. What kind of board should I use? I'm going to make it big enough to fit a 75g tank on top that houses my blue tongue skink. Also since I keep it about 65-68 in my house would putting a curtain on the front be okay to trap some of the heat in? Any help would be much appreciated.

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Originally Posted by gator8811

In the next few months I'm going to building a rack. I want to make it 3 tall by 2 wide with smaller ones on top of that for my sand boas. I'm going to use separate stats for them because the smaller ones are for my sand boas. So for flex watt I'm going to put it at the bottom of each section towards the back, what size should I use? Also will 10g tubs work? There about the same size as I think 36q but a little bit taller. What kind of board should I use? I'm going to make it big enough to fit a 75g tank on top that houses my blue tongue skink. Also since I keep it about 65-68 in my house would putting a curtain on the front be okay to trap some of the heat in? Any help would be much appreciated.

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I would not suggest building a rack if you're not going to heat the room or attempt to warm up the ambient temps. Mid 60s is WAY too low.

What would you suggest I do than?

You can use a space heater to bump your temps in the room your rack is in. There's a great DIY section on this forum with guides to help build racks.

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Originally Posted by Inarikins

You can use a space heater to bump your temps in the room your rack is in. There's a great DIY section on this forum with guides to help build racks.

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Agreed. I would use a space heater or an oil-filled heater. Both need to be hooked up to a separate thermostat too. The DIY section has some great advice for people who have done this before. I don't have any experience heating a room because my room stays in the upper 70s to low 80s all the time.