yeah, no lamp on plastic, learned that long ago hard way :lol: and no lamps on a carpet too! :lol: one time lamps were off and my little one put one on a carpet, then in am when timer turned them on... all i can say I glad i saw it in time.

i have everything on rheostats, i guess it personal preference, same principle, but I like option of having few things plugged in one for similar tanks and requirements. it works better for me then separate lamps, but I have too many tanks to play with each lamp

I have 2 tanks close to each other so I just hang the lamp above ( well above ) +UTH on each tank, looks like so far so good.