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I have a friend that almost caused a fire with belly heat. The tubs wore out the plastic.
What are the options? Metal tape? Making a groove?
Can you ad a small piece of wood under the box to lift it a little except where the heat tape is? Kind of like a shim?
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0.1 Rubber Boa
1.1 Eastern Hognose Snakes
2.3 Western Hognose Snakes
1.0 Durango Mountain Kingsnake
1.1 Woma's (new!)
Spadefoot
Black Knobbed Sawback
Northern Diamondback
Florida Redbellied Slider
Western Painted
Southern Painted
1.0 African Hedgehog
1.0 Sulcata
2.1 Leopard (Babcocki) 1.0 borrowed (thanks Bobby)
2 Plecos
2 Silver Dollars
3 Bosemian Rainbows
1 African Dwarf Frog
1 Khuli Loach
1 Cory Cat
1 Upside Down Catfish
2.0 Fire Guramis

uhh... I think that is it.

There are ways to make Flexwatt safer but I prefer to leave that to MarkG and others who are more experienced and technically skilled in describing it's proper use.

One safe way is to use Ultratherm Under-Tank Heaters available from the Bean Farm.

For even more safety consider putting them in a recessed area, covering them with foil tape, and running a high quality thermostat.

Unlike Flexwat thermostats and/or rheostats are not absolutely necessary with Ultratherms. They would increase the safety, though.

Note that Ultratherms will be more expensive than Flexwatt.