Hello everyone I'm working on designing and building my terrariums before we purchase our corn's. I'm a DIY but I don't have a lot of experience working with woods. I found a great step by step viv by blueapplepaste and am doing some modifications to fit my needs. I'm planing on doing a 3 tall with probably a stand to raise it a bit off the ground and toss some casters on it.
Anyways on point the enclosure will be 12" wide 36" wide 14" tall each (inside dimensions) I have been looking at the different options as far as heating goes and this looks I'll probably go with flexwatt 11" by 1 foot at one end of the enclosure. Any other suggestions?
Because it(flexwatt) can get so hot and could conduct electricity I plan to seal a piece of plexi or tempered glass on top of it. Is this advisable? Which of the two would conduct the heat better?
As far as thermostat which is the best? Is proportional actually needed when they have a range for the temps? What about a bang for the buck thermostat?
I hear of people using one of the more advanced thermostat's and using it to regulate more than 1 enclosure, do these have more than 1 thermometer probe? Or is it that if the cages are the same we just hope all 3 keep the same temp..?
Thanks for the help ahead of time!
- Josh
Anyways on point the enclosure will be 12" wide 36" wide 14" tall each (inside dimensions) I have been looking at the different options as far as heating goes and this looks I'll probably go with flexwatt 11" by 1 foot at one end of the enclosure. Any other suggestions?
Because it(flexwatt) can get so hot and could conduct electricity I plan to seal a piece of plexi or tempered glass on top of it. Is this advisable? Which of the two would conduct the heat better?
As far as thermostat which is the best? Is proportional actually needed when they have a range for the temps? What about a bang for the buck thermostat?
I hear of people using one of the more advanced thermostat's and using it to regulate more than 1 enclosure, do these have more than 1 thermometer probe? Or is it that if the cages are the same we just hope all 3 keep the same temp..?
Thanks for the help ahead of time!
- Josh