If I'm reading correctly, is the heat tape under the boxes?



If under the boxes, why 95 degrees? 90 is plenty, even for BPs.



The solution is to raise the ambient air temp in the room. Then, to get 90 deg under the box, the heat tape will need to be only a few deg higher than that.



If the heat tape is run down the back of the rack, then read Jason's response and insulate the back of the rack with styrene foam insulation.



FYI - a buddy of mine that breeds BPs keeps his in a room set at 80 deg with a small strip of heat tape only for the females set to about 90 or so. That is it. Ambient temps are critical. A 65 deg ambient temp with a 90 deg hot spot is not the answer.



I would see about heating the room, or else build a plywood box around the rack and line the interior of the box with heat tape to raise the ambient air temps. Or, get some cages and mount radiant heat panels and be done with it.

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