Need some advice on keeping my humdity up!

[KingCam]

Cameron, if Greg uses Heat cable he will have to hook it up to a thermostat. Heat tape and heat cables get really hotm much hotter than a UTH.

We must be talking about two different heat cables. The one I linked to is only 15 watts.

They come in 15 watts, 25 watts, 50 watts, 100 watts, and 150 watts. I'm sure you're right about needing a thermostat for the higher wattage ones. All I know is I use the 15 watt cables, plugged directly into the wall, and I've never had any problems with tanks overheating.

I've had UTH's melt a plastic roach bin before, but my heat cables won't even melt electrical tape (that's what I use to secure them in place a lot of times).

Heat tape and heat cable is best used for rack systems for multiple amphibian and reptiles not for just one tank.

In the case of the 50 foot cables, yes, I agree. However, the one I linked to only has 5 feet of hot cable. I can't see how anyone would use 5 ft of cable to heat more than one enclosure. In my opinion these small, low wattage cables were designed for single tank applications.

HOWEVER! I don't want to be responsible for Greg cooking his frog, so maybe he should just take your advice and forget I said anything.