shoe box rack help?

im doing a shoe box size rack what size flexwatt should i use fo underbelly heat 3 in or 11 i have toons of the 11in none of the 3 i dont wanna do back wall heat at all dosnt heat well enough in my opinion its for my balls that are hatchling to near yearlings so i already had a respertory problem once im not leting my lil guy down ever again with not enough heat please help...ps im use painted ply wood heat coated my dad help me with hes a carpenter so its cool with side walls and backin if that help because i see alot of people useing stuff with no back or sides anheat is wasted.

I almost ran out of breath reading that without any punctuation, but I would say 3in should be good. I would think 11in would cover too much surface but I'm not positive.

All of our PVC baby racks have 11 inch back heat. I prefer it in 6 qt tubs because it provides a better temperature gradient than belly heat in the small tubs, IMHO.

Don are your baby racks enclosed?

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Originally Posted by 3skulls

Don are your baby racks enclosed?

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The sets with back heat are. They are Reptile Basic's 16 tub racks with 6 qt tubs. I built casters for them, but other than that, are factory stock racks.

Thank you sir.

I would personally use 3 or 4 inch belly heat. I have 3" on my melamine hatchling rack I built and it gives a nice gradient. Good luck, I'd love to see pictures when it is completed!

i was kinda thinking because ,i keep my house so cool its around 73 to 78^o in my house ,so they will be soulheated by flexwatt no ambaient heat what so ever.I have done spec and measureing since i started this tread and if i do a foot on each shelf there is like 1/3 of no flexwatt on the tubs for a cool zone .Still open to any more helpfull ideas thou.I did a rough measure of the 3in flexwatt and it would only cover 1/4 of the tubes .Plus i have a temp controller ....wil take pick tommrow after reptile show im going too ...early christmas lol

Since flex watt does nothing for ambient temps it wouldn't matter back or belly. I use heat cable routered into my baby rack

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Originally Posted by Ridinandreptiles

Since flex watt does nothing for ambient temps it wouldn't matter back or belly. I use heat cable routered into my baby rack

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i never get good temps on cages or tubes with heat tube i see it as good for in cage heat like a string heat rock lol im glad that it works for u but definetly not an option for me just flexwatt im might do two rows of 3in flex i just thought of that as i was typin what do you guys think of that idea is 6in instead of 11in ?