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I change a bit my set up and i was wondering if its okay. I used to have 8 inch tile, so i had a lot of sand in the "open" now i found nice 12 inch tile so no more sand is showing. I was wondering how much sand should i put under the tile ? Right now i'm having about a quarter of an inch of sand and the tile is about the same thickness. The heat pad is glued under the glass. Do you think that enough heat will go through ? I have a 50 watt bulb over all that for the day. His hide are in the middle of the enclosure, between the hot and cold part. My enclosure is 2 x 1.

Mizar 21
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1.0 Florida banded water snake (Serpentard)
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1.0 leopard gecko (Gethsemani)
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The heat will take a while to go through that much medium. You might also want to make more of a definate cool and warm side, like have hides on one end, and the middle, so he can regulate where he wants to go and have a difference. I don't know about the sand and the tile, I put tile stright on the tank bottom, but that could break the glass. Just monitor the heat the pad is giving off, and you might be ok with the sand and tile. Goodluck.

I use 12 x 12 tile as a substrate and I don't use sand under it. I have a rhetostat hooked up and a digital thermometer. I get nice even heat - 92 degrees on the hot spot.

Terry
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Terry Brashear
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