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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by Totalturnaround[/i] [br]Hi all, I have plans to build a rack to house Royals. I have plenty of Rack ideas but am totally confused when it comes to the best way to heat the rack. I have looked at lots of UTH but a lot of products seem to be from the States and not avaialable here in the UK ? I would like to keep the heat mats nice and tidy but have not found any heat mat strips that can be cut to length and wired in series or parallel for the rack in this country ? Is the only way to go "Separate Mats" for each shelf ? and would each mat need to have its own stat ? or are there Thermostats made specifically that can run multi-mats keeping wiring and plugs down to a minimum ? My main concern is that the room temp drops down to 68-70 degrees in the night. i would like to breed at some point in the future but at the moment this is not a concern. my main concern is a small rack to house up to 4 BP's. If i was to put additional heat/mats on the back of the rack and have only the front of the rack "Open" would this help raise the "Ambient" temperature within the rack ? To help with the night time temp drop ? At the moment our Royal is in a 33l rub with one heatmat and stat and the temps are 75-78 cool end 91 at the hot end. Our Royal is 15 months old and seems to have settled in really nicely. he's already shed and is feeding really well. The next Royal we buy will probably be young so the rack if possible will have one 33l rub and another shelf with say smaller 9L rubs ? Would this type of idea work ? and what would you guys advise for heating it correctly ? Thanks paul [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.