Reptilelady
Sub-Adult Member
Hello everyone,
Its heating up out here in CA. I have noticed when using the mega ray bulb in the later afternoon my beardie hides. I did a small experiment of turning off the mega ray and using just the heat bulb. He was not hiding at all. My conclusion is that I feel that the mega ray bulb in the later afternoon heats up in the enclosure to warm, he simply avoids the bulb. The way I have it configured in the 4ft x 2ft x2ft wooden enclosure is I have on the hot side is his mega ray bulb and on the other half of the enclosure I'm using a 24" T5HO reptisun linear to light it up overall and if he does decide to go on the cooler end he will still be able to benefit from getting UVB. The issue I'm having is that too hot in afternoon. As you know using the mega ray bulb if raising up or down your also affecting the UVB levels. Do I just turn off the mega ray or should I just go back to the long 36" linear fluorescent tube that I have still for him? Any suggestions/thoughts? Trying to get this figure out before actually summer hits and it'll be in the triple digits. Thanks so much.
Its heating up out here in CA. I have noticed when using the mega ray bulb in the later afternoon my beardie hides. I did a small experiment of turning off the mega ray and using just the heat bulb. He was not hiding at all. My conclusion is that I feel that the mega ray bulb in the later afternoon heats up in the enclosure to warm, he simply avoids the bulb. The way I have it configured in the 4ft x 2ft x2ft wooden enclosure is I have on the hot side is his mega ray bulb and on the other half of the enclosure I'm using a 24" T5HO reptisun linear to light it up overall and if he does decide to go on the cooler end he will still be able to benefit from getting UVB. The issue I'm having is that too hot in afternoon. As you know using the mega ray bulb if raising up or down your also affecting the UVB levels. Do I just turn off the mega ray or should I just go back to the long 36" linear fluorescent tube that I have still for him? Any suggestions/thoughts? Trying to get this figure out before actually summer hits and it'll be in the triple digits. Thanks so much.