ok so this is going to sound daft to all you guys who have stacks and racks etc but im confused. Ok so where does the heat mat go in a stack? im soon getting 3 vivs one for a royal one for a mexi black and one for a wonder gecko and was wondering where the heat mats would go when they are stacked?

Not sure if I understand the question...

My new pro rack for example, I have the heat mats horizontally under each tub. My hatchling rack, I have 2 heat strips that go down the entire back of the stack.

But for viv stacks, well I just wire up a heat mat in each viv the same as I would regardless of whether it's a stack or not.

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ok im getting 3 vivs they are all the same length and the same size (the ones rep shops use) they will be stacked on top of each other, so in theory 2 of the vivs will have 2 heat mats one on the bottom and one on the top. So how do i sort the heating out? will i have to use radiators instead and if not where would the best place be to position the heat mats.

Sorry if im not making any sense in dosed up lol

Buy 3 heat mats and put one in the bottom of each viv at one end.

Well we have 50 vivs in the shop and every one has a heat mat in it, on the hot side, just the same as if the vivs were individual. You can then connect a few heat mats to a thermostat or have one for each viv, depends if the temperatures in them are going to be the same or not.

I would only recommend a radiator if we were talking 5-6 foot + vivs.

You put the heat mat in the same place you do on any viv, on the hot side.

The fact that the vivs will be stacked means a small amount of ambient temperature may go upwards - but remember heat rises, therefore the fact that the vivs are stacked does not mean the one underneath it will have a heat mat on the ceiling, because the heat will go up, not down, and also the wood is quite thick usually.. so it is not the same as having 2 heat mats.

As long as the heat mats are connected to a thermostat they will turn off when it gets too hot anyway

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ahhh thankyou hun. I was told that if i used heat mats under the vivs the snakes would overheat so was a wee bit worried. So i just set them up how mine are set up now but just put them on top of each other

bingo

its so confusing isnt it, you get told one thing of one person and then another thing off another person then you dont know whos right or whos wrong and all you want is happy healthy snakes