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Can a heat mat be used to heat a rubbermaid container or will it melt it?? Also if you can use a heat mat do you mount it outside the tub like an aquarium, or inside like a wood cage. Thanks for any help

Charlene
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Sure you can use any sort of heating element that goes under the tub. Flexwatt, prefab undertank heater etc.. You must have a thermostat to control the element or it is possible that it can melt the tub. Johnson Controls Herpstat Ranco are all good tstats and a fair price. Helix is a good unit but a little pricy for the features I think... Hope this helps,
-matt
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As long as your using a good quality thermostat you will not have a problem with mats or heat tape. I would stick to a proportional thermostat like the Herp Power Thermostat by Big Apple or a Helix. Personally, I think using an expensive analog on/off like Johnson control or the like is not costs effective. You might as well get the Herp Power which I personally own many of. However, if your going on/off thermostat get something like the ESU or BAH-1000. I have both and have had no problems.

Winston

Thanks. Normally I use Aquariums for my snakes but since my collection keeps growing rubbermaids make a bit more sense, and their cheaper lol.

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0.0.1 Green Water Dragon
1.0.0 Tokay Gecko
1.1.1 Bearded Dragons
0.1.0 Columbian Red-tailed Boa
1.0.0 Yellow Ratsnake
0.0.1 California Kingsnake
0.0.1 Black and White Tegu
0.0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0.0 Evil Budgie

Can you hook up more than one heatpad to the same thermostat, or do you need to buy a thermostat for each tub?? Sorry if this is a silly question but I have never used one (always used heat bulbs).
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0.0.1 Green Water Dragon
1.0.0 Tokay Gecko
1.1.1 Bearded Dragons
0.1.0 Columbian Red-tailed Boa
1.0.0 Yellow Ratsnake
0.0.1 California Kingsnake
0.0.1 Black and White Tegu
0.0.1 Chilean Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0.0 Evil Budgie