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uth on a tile?

Taz Monkey

Taz Monkey

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For lack of time to search, I'm going to just ask. I want to upgrade one of my snakes to a larger Viv. I'd like to salvage the uth I have and I remember reading here that you could attach it to a ceramic tile and that way I can take out all things electrical for easier cleaning also. What do I use to attach it and will the $.98 tile from Lowe's do?
 
Anyone? I have the uth hooked up with a herpstat, so the temp is fine, IO just want a way to be able to totally take everything electrical out of the tank for cleaning purposes, and be able to reuse the uth after I rip it off the bottom of the tank.
 
You could use aluminum tape and tape it under the tile. You'd have to replace the tape or otherwise just take the tile out and clean the top then the viv
 
should I tape it under the tile even if I'll be placing it under the raised aquarium? Or put it on the top of the tile and then put it under the tank?
 
ok, so I'm probably having a blond moment...so where exactly do I oput the tile if I have the uth attached directly to the tile?
 
May I ask why your using the tile if its a glass aquarium? You should use a sweater or towel and put the uth on it then take it off then back on and ff till its no longer s
 
Sticky* then use tape to put it directly under the glass the tile is usually used for wood vivariums sorry for the double post the computer messed up
 
I want to use the tile because I'm going to be pulling off the uth from its current tank and using it in a new tank, and I want the uth to not be attached to the tank, so that it can be removed when I want to clean. This is purely for my convenience and the fact that once I unstick it from its current tank, I don't want to have to toss it
 
Well it probably won't be sticky so what I would do is put the uth against the glass then the tile underneath then some cardboard or styrofoam or even more tiles just so the uth is held securely against the glass
 
in order to take a uth off a glass aquarium you are going to have to use goo gone and a flat putty knife. if the uth bends at all it could be damaged and not function properly. once its removed it will still be sticky so use aluminum tape to cover the remaining glue. you can also use that tape to attach the uth. it comes off pretty easy from glass. im not quite sure why you'd want to use tile.
 
maybe I'm not being clear. I want to attach the UTH to something other than the TANK. So that I can TAKE it off completely and remove everything that is electrical, for CLEANING purposes.
 
Taz Monkey said:
maybe I'm not being clear. I want to attach the UTH to something other than the TANK. So that I can TAKE it off completely and remove everything that is electrical, for CLEANING purposes.
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can you just tape it to the surface? using some kind of 2 inch wide tape? Like postal tape, not something that's going to be overly gunky, not duct tape, that gets gunky over time
 
Do you need to attach it? I have small spacer pads underneath my glass viv, so there's a gap where the UTH slides under. A small air gap between the heater and the glass is not a problem.

If you want to place it inside the viv, I would try glass silicone (check that it's aquarium-friendly) for attaching it underneath a tile.
 
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