Heating Question - Zoo Med Heat Cable

[The Serpent Merchant]

Aaron and Mike,

2 questions.

Aaron, Which model of the Spyder do you use? I'll be using it with a 40 breeder tank.

Mike, I saw those UTH's and was wondering what you and Aaron thought would be best for my setup.

The tank is 36" W 18" deep and 16" high

I want to redo my setup before we travel.

Also would you use ANY bulbs if you had a UTH or it that usually all you need?

I use the herpstat 4, but that is because I have multiple cages...

for a single 40 gallon I would get the herpstat 1 (or 2 if you need to use a heat lamp as well)

I would get a UTH that covers about 1/3rd of the bottom of your tank. attach the thermostat probe to the UTH in-between the UTH and the bottom of the tank.

IF your room ever gets below 75 degrees you will need a heat lamp as well as UTH's do not change the air temperature in the cage. if this is the case as I said above I would get the herpstat 2 so the heat lamp only runs when needed to keep the air temperature in the cage correct (around 80 degrees is best) I would use an infrared bulb for this.