Mesh lid keeps my cats out of the tank, considering they cant really get to the top of it. In any case, they're not even allowed in that room anymore. I'll be moving her to a 112G tank at the end of the month with front sliding glass.
For the duration of college, my parents are for all intents and purposes "landlords" - there will be no getting dubias past them. For now, I'll have to keep it to crickets and salads.
Also, the UVB is far from inadequate. I should actually move it farther away. It is a reptisun T5HO 10.0 UVB with a reflector. A dragon should never be within 8 inches, even with a mesh top, of such a UVB setup. Ideally she would be between 9 and 24 inches away from it. 9 to 16 being the range she basks in, 16 to 24 being anything else.
Without the mesh top, she should never be any closer than 15 inches to the tube and never farther than 22 inches.
For the duration of college, my parents are for all intents and purposes "landlords" - there will be no getting dubias past them. For now, I'll have to keep it to crickets and salads.
Also, the UVB is far from inadequate. I should actually move it farther away. It is a reptisun T5HO 10.0 UVB with a reflector. A dragon should never be within 8 inches, even with a mesh top, of such a UVB setup. Ideally she would be between 9 and 24 inches away from it. 9 to 16 being the range she basks in, 16 to 24 being anything else.
Without the mesh top, she should never be any closer than 15 inches to the tube and never farther than 22 inches.