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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Danny Roe" data-source="post: 45926" data-attributes="member: 3832">Hi all,I am brand new to this wonderful hobbie, I have two Tarantulas that i sort of inherited and would like to give them the best possible care i can so I have a few questions if you guys wouldn't mind answering them.Firstly i will describe my set-up ( possibly add pics later on)T1Is a Mexican red knee sling ( two moults so far) and is female, she is in a smallish rounded plastic tub.The second is a blue bottle green juvenile no idea what moult she is on however, she is housed in a 30x30x30 cm glass enclosure.The room they are both in is not the warmest room in the world and could at times drop to about 20c without the heating on.My questions are regarding heating, i have a small round 1w heat disk and a 5w heat mat at my disposal what would be the best options here ? At the moment i have the heat disk on the outside of the glass enclosure (substrate is piled up against it so the Tarantula cant get to the glass side its attached too).The 5w i have placed under a longish seed tray and then placed the red knees tub onto this I must add the tub is also raised using rubber feet so the tub is not in direct contact with the seed tray bottom, i also use the heat that the seed tray is storing to keep the tub of crickets warm.Im not sure if my descriptions really describe my set-up so well so I will add some pics to help show you. TL<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />R Need advice on heating basically, I live in the UK and the room is not fully heated in its own right.</blockquote>

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