Heat cables are an essential part of any vivarium or reptile tank. take a look at our range of reptile heat cables below.
Setting up a terrarium requires a bit of research and some decisions on what to purchase. You have numerous heating products to use in a terrarium. However, there are some heating products that are better than others. Besides heating mats, regular heaters, and lamp heaters you have reptile heating cables to choose from. A manufacturer of heating cables is Zoo Med. They offer the Zoo Med Repti Heat Cable.
Their heat cable is designed to offer the proper temperature throughout the terrarium, without having spots that are hotter or colder unless you wish it. The heating cable is placed underneath or inside the terrarium to offer the proper heat. The great thing about reptile heating cables is that they can wrap around branches or other basking areas for your reptile.
Reptiles like to sun themselves and then move off to cooler spots like a cave or hiding hole. By using the reptile heating cables on their favourite basking tree or rock you can provide the heat they need. It can also be used as the main heater allowing you to regulate more than one area of the terrarium.
The Repti Heat Cable is also water resistant in the event a small pond or other water source gets it wet. The heat cable is meant for high humidity terrariums, as well as regular terrariums. You should never submerge the heat cables as they are not water proof. They can only take a little water spillage. Any of the heat cables you can purchase will be functional and efficient for keeping your terrarium warm. It is possible to heat multiple tanks with the heat cables.
The length of heat cables is such that you can place them underneath the terrariums you own and heat the entire system with one to two cables. There are shorter options for inside the terrarium when you want to heat a specific object or offer more direct heat like in an incubator.
The heating cables will look like coils, and essentially that is what they are. You have a long strip of cable that can be routed straight, turn, and go back to the starting point until you have a proper layer of heater underneath the terrarium or substrate.
As we mentioned above they can also be used to wrap around objects. The excess you may have left over from an object can then be placed along the bottom of the terrarium if you wish. Whenever you use the cables to wrap around something or bend you should avoid a bend of less than 2 inches. A sharp bend can cause improper heating.
The reptile heating cables may have a thermostat to help you regulate the temperature. They also work at about 200 watts. This is a good wattage to use because it uses less power and still provides the warmth your reptile is going to need. You should use a thermostat with any heater, especially the cables. If the cables are not sold with the thermostat you should purchase one.
