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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GarField000" data-source="post: 227459" data-attributes="member: 30890">If a tarantula is to hot she will dig down for some cooler temps ( as in nature the sun/heat comes from above).So a heatmat should be placed on the back or side off the enclosure.If you can place it straight on the sides or you need a bit of a gap between the glass and the heatmat depends on the wattage off the heatmat and if the enclsoure is glass or acrylic or just plastic.My girfriend has a very small heat mat in between 2 glass enclosures and 1 on the back of an arboreal.I heat the complete room as I have almost 100 t's.</blockquote>