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Heatmat Placement

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Keva161

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Im getting a new heatmat tomorrow and not sure where to put it.
The viv is made out of glass so im not sure if its safe on the outside :confused:

I dont wanna put it on the bottom as he likes to bury himself into the beech chips and im afraid he might get burnt.

I dont wanna put it on the ceiling as ill be afraid that it might fall ontop of him.
Any suggestions?
 
If the heatmat is regulated with a thermostat, your snake won't get burnt. Just put the regulated heatmat under one end of the glass tank with a little air-space so the heat can disperse
 
The heat pad should be fine if you put it outside the glass. Like diamondlil said, you can lift up the tank so that the heat pad can disperse the heat. Your pad should be at any temperatures that would effect whether your tank is glass, plastic or what. A heat pad is designed to heat from the bottom up, so putting it on the ceiling wouldn't do much for the heat. Some people choose to put it on the side, but then the heat is located only on the very end wall and can't create much of a gradient. All you should need is to put the heat pad on the bottom and a temperature probe on the inside floor of the viv so you know that it's not too hot down there. Hope this helps.
 
As janine said. Attach your heat mat under the glass on one side. Regulate it with a thermostat and you wont have a problem. :)
 
I dont want to do any thread jacking but I have a few questions about this. Do you put the heat mat directly against the glass floor or do you put like a light towel or something between them? and another thing. when you say put the thermostat close to the bottom do you mean just place it right by the bottom of the tank on the inside? the snake wont bother the thermostat will she?
 
You put the heat mat directly on the glass on the outside of the bottom of the viv, in a corner.

You put the thermostat and temp probes in the center of the mat, inside the viv, directly on the glass. Secure it with a dab of aquarium silicone.

Nanci
 
I got my mat today and as the chest of drawers that my viv is on is made out of wood. Im not sure where to put it. I could make lil feet to put the viv on but im not sure.
 
Perhaps you could put a cloth under it to protect the wood? But if the mat is regulated there shouldn't be any problems unless there's a special finish like french polishing or the furniture is very precious to you
 
My UTH came with little sticky feet to go on the corners of the tank to lift it up and allow for air flow for the UTH. Feet can work!

I have had mine on wood and never had a problem.
 
Use anything you have hand to prop up the corners (and maybe here and there along the perimeter) of the viv to provide 1/4 in or so of airspace between the viv and your dresser and it'll be fine. Small blocks of wood, some old coasters...anything strong enough to support the weight will do.
 
You know what works great if you don't have the little feet- those paint stir sticks.

Nanci
 
Nanci said:
You know what works great if you don't have the little feet- those paint stir sticks.

Nanci
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Personally, I have a viv with each corner on a little stack of poker chips. :D Granted, don't play near the viv - the temptation to cheat is too strong.
 
Keva,

My daughter has the same issue with the furniture, all we did was went to Wilko and got a 300 x 300 cork flor tile (you may have to but a pack) and some little clear round rubber door cushions (these are on a sheet of about 100 and cost less than a pound)
Place the cork tile on the furniture and place the heatmat on top (you may need to cut out a space in the tile for the black connection block on the heat mat so it sits flat).
Then place the rubber feet on the base of your tank and sit that over the heatmat and tile, this then gives you a few mm air gap between tank and mat. The cork tile is an insulator and will reflect the heat back up into the tank, you can also use the polystyrene ceiling tiles.

Hope this helps.
 
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