Quote Originally Posted by dsmalex97 View Post
If you don't want to go with a heat lamp, I would look into ordering some heat tape if you're trying to heat a small tub. Only reason I'm saying that is because the width of a heat pad might exceed the the tubs dimensions. Heat tape is nice and thin, so you could adhere to the sides of the tub with ease. Plus, it's super cheap! A heat pad will cost you like 20 bucks, but heat tape is like 1.80 a foot I believe? Check out reptilebasics.com! They got some nice equipment for sale there. Any kind of heat is going to require some type of control. The tape will get HOT! So, +1 on what Griff said with the dimmer(rheostat). I had my pac in a rack setup with my ball pythons, and the heat tape worked great at keeping his tub warm. I had it hooked up to a ranco thermostat so I didn't have to worry about adjusting a dimmer. Another thing to keep in mind is that the dimmer will still need to be checked on often. Don't assume it will hold the temperature perfectly, because any variation in ambient temp will obviously effect the pad/tape temp. Good luck!!
They make heat pads that are a UTH that's demensions are 3 in. And they're circular. There are several different sizes of heat pads. Basically you select the one that says its the appropriate size for the tank yore using. Heat tape works too as dsmalex97 said. If you want to go through that much trouble and have to purchase a thermostat too. If you go with the heat tape definetly use a thermostat. Otherwise you risk melting the tank and killing your frog. Zoo Med has many different sized UTH for glass and plastic. Choose appropriately like I stated.