Preparing for move to 36x18x18 Exo Terra. Tips?

[Mr. Misha]

I am currently using UTH/lighting with my glass tank so I have little knowledge on RHPs and Flexwatt. My understanding is that Flexwatt heats from the bottom-up and RHPs heat the air. I'm guessing the heat tape is for creating the hot spot? I guess if you could clear some of this up I would greatly appreciate it. Also, is there any particular reason why you choose RHPs over Flexwatt? I noticed on the Animal Plastics website the have an add-on feature for an 11" flexwatt panel which looked rather attractive to a beginner like me.

So Flexwatt is just a brand of heat tape which is just another UTH type. They're used to create belly heat and a hot spot if you'd like. The RHP (radient heat panel) provides ambient heat temperature in the terrarium.

I use both the RHP and the heat tape because one creates ambient temps and the heat tape creates a hot spot.

You can either get the Flexwatt heat tape included with the AP terrarium or you can get one whatever size you want from reptilebasics.com I hope all of this makes sense. Lol.

Here's a great thread on Animal Plastic terrariums:
http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=165571

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