polystyrene under my tank

[nailartjess]

I have been reading threads regarding heating problems, as last night was the first night for my crabs here and thru the night I got up and noticed that the temp was under 20deg (70) I quickly got a couple of towels and placed them on top of the tank. Now that it is day I have the light on also and the temp is raising, yesterday it sat around the 24deg (76) mark.

I read that someone suggest putting a towl under the tank, I use UTH and have a 2.5foot tank, I am unsure how many gallons it is, 10 I think.
I have just placed my 1inch thick piece of styrene back under it from when I used it for fish. It is pretty close to touching if not touching the heat pad. Will this matter?

Sorry about the long post.

Jess

[HermitPaws]

Sorry i don't know the answer to your heating Q's but it sounds like you may a 15 Gallon not a 10 gal. A ten gal is normaly about a 1.5 feet in length.

Also for heat you can put towels on the sides

Hope you find your answer... Good luck.

[nailartjess]

Thank u for clearing up the size of my tank atleast, as we dont work in gallons here is Aus it is hard. Today my tank has been sitting on about 24deg (72). Tonight I will put a towel around and over my tank and see hoe that goes