Stacking cages

Hi all,

I received my new AP cage the other day and I put it on top of my other cage, which has a fluorescent light and an RHP.

The problem is that the RHP of the bottom cage heats the bottom of the top cage to about 92F w/o substrate. On the other side of the top cage, the light fixture heats the ground up to about 86F with substrate.

Do you have any suggestions as to what I can do to stop that heat transfer?

Would foam board help?

Foam insulation may help, but may cause them to be a little unstable. Maybe put the AP enclosure on the bottom?

I can't draw it in the reply, it's weird.

Well anyway, the bottom enclosure has a heat panel on the right side of the cage, and the light is on the left side of the cage.

The top cage has a divider in the middle so there's two heat panels, and there are also two lights.

The cage on the right side of the divider is getting all that belly heat from bottom cage, because the heat panel is right under it.

If I put the top enclosure on the bottom, the same thing would happen but then the now bottom cage would be getting extra belly heat.

I'll add some sort of insulation in between the cages; what material has great insulating properties? Anything affordable better than styrofoam?

You can buy 3/4" foil backed styro sheets at most home stores. That should do the trick.

When we stack cages, we use blocks to create a 3/4" air gap between the cages. We also use Reflectix to insulate the underside of the floor of the cage above. We get our Reflectix from Home Depot. You can use any 3/4 inch material, whether it be 1 x 4 or plywood.

Hope this helps.

I sent AP an e-mail and they said I should put some wood chips or whatever between the two cages, and if that doesn't work styrofoam or something should do the trick.

For now, I have wood chips but if that doesn't work I'll get some of that styrofoam stuff.

Alright guys, this is ridiculous.

I added 2" of styrofoam inbetween the cages, and the light in the bottom cage still heats the floor of the top cage to 92F!!!!!!

Will reflectix around the styrofoam really do the job?

Please help, I'm getting desperate

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No one, then?