Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Misha View Post
The only garbage advice on this thread, is yours.

Do you realize that room temperatures vary throughout the day unless it's controlled? Which means (since apparently you don't know) unless your room stays a certain temperature 24 hours a day, an enclosure will cool or heat up depending on the temperature. Especially one as thin as a tub. I have 3 PVC enclosures and they're still susceptible to temperature change.

Additionally, OP is building his own enclosure which means he'll be probably using xpvc or wood to build it. Do you know the difference between heating a tub to heating a piece of wood or xpvc? You also don't realize the size difference of your tub to a large enclosure. You need a lot more heat to get a 36x16x12 enclosure up to proper temps. So before you bring in Twilight Zone and rudeness into this thread at least make sure you know how heat works through different surfaces and sizes.
LOL, seriously slow your insecurity. And by the way your still wrong. First off what does temperature change in a room have anything to do with wether heat tape creates ambient temperature?? Your arguing a point with an irrelevant side topic. Temperature change in a room is what a thermostat is for. He asked what size heat tape to use. I replied the 11" so it would create more ambient temperature without the floor getting as hot as say 6" heat tape to create the same amount of ambient temperature. You replied that heat tape does not create any ambient temperature change which is ridiculous. Guess what most homemade incubators use to raise ambient temps?? Heat tape. Guess what most rack manufacturers use to heat their tubs and create ambient temps, yup its heat tape. Guess what I've put under all the different cages that I've ever had from homemade to vision and so on to create floor heat and raise ambient temps...heat tape. Was I a bit rash when it comes to my reply, sure. heat tape raises ambient temps in my tubs 11 degrees over room temp with keeping floor temps at 91. In my incubator it raises the ambient temps 17 degrees over room temp with ease. For anyone who is still unsure about this google: "flexwatt create ambient temps" or call up any rack manufacturer and ask them if the heat tape will raise air temp in the tub. Get the 11" tape.