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Ade
Tadpole
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 02/06/2010 : 15:30:22
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Yeah, heat mats will only raise the temps up by a small amount above the ambient temperature of the room they are in. The trick to get them warmer is to make sure the room is kept at about 22 degrees Celsius so the mats have less to do. I also have 2 mats on my whites set up, 1 on the side with polystyrene on the outside of it, and 1 on the base, again with polystyrene on it. Placing mats just on the bottom you lose a lot of the heat from them as it doesn't make it through the substrate, but on the plus side it helps keep humidity up, especially if like me you use a 2 layer substrate, with water in the bottom half. By putting one on the side the heat goes directly where it's needed.
When I started out, such a short time ago, I had the exact sames problem as you. Tips on here guided me into the 2 mat method.
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adequate heating for tree frogs
