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August 5, 2026

# Setting up racks: why room temperature matters

## At least 26 °C room temperature

### Racks need a warm room

Racks have large ventilation areas and are partly open at the top. So there is little point in a heat mat providing 30 °C inside the tub while 22 °C room air flows constantly through it.

Picture a flat heated to 21 °C where the windows are simply barred and it is 13 °C outside – it would never feel comfortable for long.

With racks this effect is even stronger than with vivariums. Racks therefore belong in a warm room of at least 26 °C.

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