setting up my tank NEED HELP!

[cartman89]

okay so this uth... should I peel the paper and stick it on the tank or should I leave the paper on and use aluminum tape?? It is a Zoo Med.

Another thing, the probe for the thermostat gets taped on the heater between the bottom of the glass and the uth?

[cartman89]

Forgot...where does the thermometer/hygdrometer probe go? In the tank on the bottom of the hot side? Do I use aluminum tape for this as well?

[rabernet]

If you plan to ever move the UTH and re-use it - leave the paper on it, and place the thermostat probe between the tank and the UTH. The UTH is mounted outside of the tank (some people place it inside incorrectly - so thought it worth a mention).

I do NOT tape down thermometer probes. Set it on top if the substrate inside the warm side hide where the snake will actually lay. You want to measure the temps that the snake is feeling. It will move around - it's just something you have to keep an eye on.

NO tape of any kind should be inside the enclosure - it could end badly for the snake.

[cartman89]

so aluminum tape okay? for outside. And the paper on the uth will be okay left on even though it says to take it off?

[Argentra]

1 - Leave the paper of the UTH ON. Tape it with paper side to the glass on the bottom of the tank.

2 - The probe you tape in place is the thermoSTAT probe against the UTH on the outside of the tank.
You do NOT tape the thermoMETER probe, since it's inside the tank. Instead, lay that probe against the glass right over the UTH and keep it in place with the substrate and the warm side hide.

Hope that clears things up for you.