Animal Plastics Economy rack

They have a interesting model that hold both 16 quart and 32 quart tubs. I keep my bedroom at around 70 degrees, is the flex watt tape going to do a good enough job? Should I get a more enclosed rack?


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If the ambient temperature on the cooler side of the tubs are no lower than 75-77F then there shouldn't be a problem. I have that same rack you speak of but I keep that room at around 80F with the hot spots in the tubs reading at 89F

During the winter my house can drop to 70*F in certain areas. If I have a rack in that area I just cover it with a blanket and the ambient in the tubs stays at 73-75*F.

I've used that rack in 70 degrees. You wouldn't really want to drop below 70 and ideally a little higher but 70 will be OK. I had it in my bedroom and I just couldn't sleep any warmer than that and had no illness or abnormal eating issues for over a year.

I think those temperatures are fine for Brazilian rainbow boa but for the ball pythons I'm not sure


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I'm leaning towards getting a 32 quart rack for now and then later on get some CB 75 tubs


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This is being kept in my bedroom which I keep between 69 and 70 degrees during the summer and about 72 degrees in the winter. I'm starting to think this rack is going to be marginal for temps. If I was convinced it would work I would pull the trigger right now.

Anyone?


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I would go with enclosed with temps below 75, I have several economy racks V18 and 16/32 Quarts however the room temp never drops below 75

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I would go with enclosed with temps below 75, I have several economy racks V18 and 16/32 Quarts however the room temp never drops below 75

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^ This. I will be building my third AP EP rack this weekend (the new one is a hatchling rack they did special for me). They're great quality racks, but I wouldn't use them if I weren't running an oil-filled radiator in the room to keep ambient temps from falling below the mid-70s.

I called animal plastics and they said the heat tape will heat the floor of the tub about twenty degrees warmer. My room doesn't get any cooler than 70 degrees so what would the ambient temp inside the rack be? I keep the ambient temp of my snakes enclosure around 80 degrees with the floor of the warm spot at around 90 degrees.

If the ambient temp of the tub is 75 degrees with a warm spot on the floor being 90 degrees is this ok for the snake? The heat tape has to be able to warm the ambient temp somewhat.


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Ambient temp on the cool side will be whatever the ambient temp in your room is (more or less)

For example when I keep my snake room at 75 ambient, temps in the tubs are 75/76 on the cool side.

I went to Home Depot and it looks like I can build a five stack out of melamine for about 75 dollars including heat. Tomorrow I'm setting up the saws and I'm going to work. What kind of spacing should I leave at the top of the tub?


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Go back to menards and look for this http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06...3ba6174c60.jpg way better then malimine I will last forever unlike malimine. My first two racks are malimineand they are only two years old and its starting to bubble up. Just made a hatching rack last week http://images.tapatalk-cdn.com/15/06...ec0d2d8894.jpg just a suggestion to save you the trouble I have went through and $$ in the long run.

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There are no Menards on Long Island. I wouldn't know where to look for polyethylene sheeting.


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