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Post by slinky on Aug 25, 2014 19:31:17 GMT
I have bought the snails a bigger tank today and I am not sure if the heat mat I have will be big enough.
The dimensions of the box are
52cm Length
38cm Depth
34cm Height
And the heat mat is
28cm Length
15cm High
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Post by etana on Aug 26, 2014 4:45:43 GMT
So it's about 1/4 of the tank's floor area, am I right? Usually it's good that it only warms up a part of the tank's floor area anyway, so snails can choose a calmer corner if so desired.  But also, what snail specie is it for? |
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Post by slinky on Aug 26, 2014 13:41:26 GMT
In the current tank it covers just over 1/4 top to bottom of the back wall but in the new tank it only covers 1/4 but only the bottom half not the whole wall so not really a lot of coverage if that makes sense?
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Post by muddydragon on Aug 30, 2014 7:29:29 GMT
Personally i would get a bigger mat, I've generally found the 7W mats to not be great at heating tanks that large, but it does depend on how cold your house gets. On a two foot tank i use a 28X28 12 watt mat. sometimes in winter i use two to form a corner of heat (one on the back and one ont he edge if you can picture it?) but i do put them on a thermostat (i also go insulation crazy as my house gets quite cold in winter). You could always pop a thermometer in and see how things look.
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Post by slinky on Aug 31, 2014 16:08:49 GMT
The temp is maintaining at 23.1 degrees so that should be fine shouldn't it?
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Post by morningcoffee on Sept 1, 2014 7:47:55 GMT
The temp is maintaining at 23.1 degrees so that should be fine shouldn't it? Is this for fulica? That should be fine. Make sure there's a warmer end and a cooler end of the tank so that they can move away from the heat if they want to. |
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But also, what snail specie is it for?
