moon crab heating. lamp or pad?

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Arachnobaron
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what should i go for? a heat lamp or pad? i was going to go for a heat lamp, right over the watter to warm the watter a bit.

allso, plz post pics of any setups, plz.
 

Schlyne

Arachnoangel
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I would probably be more inclined to go with the heat lamp. Unless you think you can produce enough heat with the pad on the side of the tank. If you heat the bottom of the tank with a heat pad, you may have the crab digging trying to escape some of the heat and just making it worse instead.
 
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