Oh yes more flexwatt questions.. HELP please

[Jenn]

I would be the last to flame you Jim, having raised a Bumble bee with no thermostat at all. And, I once picked up a BP that lived it's entire life (five years) in a screen cage on the floor next to a clothes dryer with no heat at all!

But now that I have a little more invested and a lot less time to spend with them, I have the best thermostats money can buy.

[zeke]

I thank you all for your info and input.. BUT .. will the flexwatt give off enough heat to go through the glass bottom and the cypress ?

Cheers

[j_h_smith]

I thank you all for your info and input.. BUT .. will the flexwatt give off enough heat to go through the glass bottom and the cypress ?

Cheers

I'm not sure, I've never used it with a tank. I'm thinking it will be inefficient, but I can't speak with authority.

Jim Smith

[zeke]

I'm not sure, I've never used it with a tank. I'm thinking it will be inefficient, but I can't speak with authority.

Jim Smith

Dang! well I'm gonna pick up a dimmner.. I guess I'll see how this thread goes.. thanks again.

Cheers

[withonor]

I thank you all for your info and input.. BUT .. will the flexwatt give off enough heat to go through the glass bottom and the cypress ?

Cheers

I can't tell you for certain because I use it with tubs but in theory because it can get ridiculously hot, it should keep a hot spot in the glass aquarium.

[angllady2]

If there were a problem with a glass tank, I would think it would be the lip on the bottom of the tank. Most tanks are made with a 1/2" or larger lip, so the flexwatt would not be in contact with the glass at all. That might make it inefficient for keeping temps where they need to be.

With a tub, the bottom of the tub is in direct contact with the flexwatt, and thus the temps are easy to maintain.

Gale

[zeke]

I can't tell you for certain because I use it with tubs but in theory because it can get ridiculously hot, it should keep a hot spot in the glass aquarium.

thanks, 2 pages worth of thread and only 2 people answer my question.. hows your zeek doin by the way? my zeke is gettin ready to shed soon

[cinderbird]

If there were a problem with a glass tank, I would think it would be the lip on the bottom of the tank. Most tanks are made with a 1/2" or larger lip, so the flexwatt would not be in contact with the glass at all. That might make it inefficient for keeping temps where they need to be.

With a tub, the bottom of the tub is in direct contact with the flexwatt, and thus the temps are easy to maintain.

Gale

you use aluminum foil tape to put the Flex directly on the bottom of the tank on the outside.

OP, I would recommend something with a probe to regulate temps. Rehostat or thermostat. Flex is absolutely NOT recommended to be used without a professional quality thermostat but people here still use dimmers. If you have a large amount of substrate, you may want to take some of it out. The flex is going to need to heat through a lot of that and the temps at the glass can get very hot and even burn your snake.

Get a digital thermometer, Accurite is recommended, and use that to measure your temps to make sure nothing is to warm for your animal.

[zeke]

you use aluminum foil tape to put the Flex directly on the bottom of the tank on the outside.

OP, I would recommend something with a probe to regulate temps. Rehostat or thermostat. Flex is absolutely NOT recommended to be used without a professional quality thermostat but people here still use dimmers. If you have a large amount of substrate, you may want to take some of it out. The flex is going to need to heat through a lot of that and the temps at the glass can get very hot and even burn your snake.

Get a digital thermometer, Accurite is recommended, and use that to measure your temps to make sure nothing is to warm for your animal.

I'll be pickin up a accurite soon, I'm switchin to flexwatt b/c my lights are killin the humidty.. the acurite I was lookin at has a probe to it already..

[withonor]

thanks, 2 pages worth of thread and only 2 people answer my question.. hows your zeek doin by the way? my zeke is gettin ready to shed soon

My Zeek is doing great. With all the food he's eaten he should be in shed too. A virtual garbage disposal. I just attempted probing for the first time and I think he's a she(!).