Showcase tanks (Constructed of High-Density Polyethylene Plastic) and UTH, any ideas

[vegastoy]

Hey gang! Just received a Showcase tank I ordered for my Mohave and while setting it up noticed that my lrg ZooMed UTH won't stick to the plastic bottom They are shipping me a heat pad holder (? I dunno either ?) but was wondering in the meantime if anyone else has run into this issue with a Showcase or any other plastic-type tank. Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks, Joe

[Tache]

Hey,

I have two showcase cages. From showcasecages.com, yeah? I ran into the same problem. To fix this I put duck tape where I wanted to place my UTH. That way the UTH had a smooth surface to stick too. I had to do this for my humidity gauges as well.

The only other problem I had with these cages was that my female Mojave would get stuck in the small area just above the glass doors. So I went to Low's and got a 6' foam tube for .97 cents and put that up there so she couldn't fit.

Lucas

[vegastoy]

Hey,

I have two showcase cages. From showcasecages.com, yeah? I ran into the same problem. To fix this I put duck tape where I wanted to place my UTH. That way the UTH had a smooth surface to stick too. I had to do this for my humidity gauges as well.

The only other problem I had with these cages was that my female Mojave would get stuck in the small area just above the glass doors. So I went to Low's and got a 6' foam tube for .97 cents and put that up there so she couldn't fit.

Lucas

Awesome! I appreciate the idea, one question tho, the heatpad doesn't melt the duct tape at all?

[MissDizzyBee]

No snake needs temps high enough to melt duct tape or plastic. It'll just make the adhesive gooey. I believe the adhesive on foil tape is made to resist that so it might work as well.

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[rabernet]

Awesome! I appreciate the idea, one question tho, the heatpad doesn't melt the duct tape at all?

Yeah - you don't want to use duct tape. It will make a gooey mess eventually. Go to Home Depot in the hardware section and buy some aluminum plumbing tape instead.

[vegastoy]

Yeah - you don't want to use duct tape. It will make a gooey mess eventually. Go to Home Depot in the hardware section and buy some aluminum plumbing tape instead.

Nice call on the aluminum tape! Worked perfectly and no mess! Joe