Size heat for cages

[daniel0]

Hi i have a 12 bank of enclosures each being 900 long 600 high 600 wide the top 6 are run by a dimming day/night habistat thermostat with 60 watt globes in each and same again for the bottom 6 with the middle cage at the top and the middle cage at the bottom being the control cage, do you think that 60 watt is enough or should i go higher? I keep bhps and womas in the higher ones and jungles and central carpets in the lower.

 

[wokka]

I think you should use the smallest globe possible to achieve a warm end of 32c so that if the thermostat/control cage fails you are less likely to cook you animals. I would think that that size cage with appropriate baffles and ventilation in the cool end a 25watt globe 24/7 would be ok without the thermostat although it is hard to achieve a decent gradient over a 900 long cage.