Under tank heater help

[leopard love]

So I had a uth and it was already on the tank but someone ripped it off and it looks okay but it wont stick no more can I do something to make it stick

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[acpart]

There are 2 answers:

--if it's a zoo-med UTH, I have heard reports that zoo-med claims once the UTH has been pulled off the cage, the wires may have been damaged and it will not work as well on another cage. They also say that in order to work the UTH has to adhere tightly to the bottom of the cage and that won't happen if the adhesive is weakened by being pulled off and replaced

--regardless of that, if you want to try to make it work on another tank, get some "Nashua tape". It's sold in places like Home Depot. It's shaped like a roll of duct tape, but it looks like aluminum foil with an adhesive backing that you pull off. It's the only thing I've found that doesn't sag eventually.
Turn your tank upside down. Push the UTH as tightly as you can into the bottom of the tank and put Nashua Tape around the edges and over the back of the UTH. Check for a few days to see if it's heating up properly.

Aliza

 

[lisa127]

Gorilla duct tape also works without eventually sagging. Gorilla tape....not regular duct tape!