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Question about heating for frog viv

 
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:08 am    Post subject: Question about heating for frog viv Reply with quote
I live in quite a cold drafty house and feel I will need supplemental heating for my frogs. I was thinking of building an expanding foam background at the top of the viv with a window left in it that I was planning to black out with black silicone and cover with a thin layer of coco bedding. Behind this I was planning to mount a thermostat controlled heatmat. I don’t want to just tape a heatmat to side of the viv because I want it to look as natural as possible... hence the "window" idea.

My question is will the heat from a heatmat penetrate the silicone and heat the viv properly, or will something ghastly happen to the silicone and coco...

All thoughts and suggestions appreciated!
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 10:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Should work fine Wink
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 19, 2007 2:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
Awesome... DIY shop, black silicone, here i come! Wink

many thanks!
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