Lighting and heat for new enclosure...

Saffron304 · Feb 13, 2019

I have a four month old bearded dragon named Mac. He is a hypo zero translucent purple paradox and is my love bug. I recently switched him over to a larger enclosure, a 36 x 18 x 18 Exoterra. I have a T5 fixture mounted inside, a dome with 100 W incandescent light bulb and a 40 W bulb towards the middle of the cage. I also sometimes turn on a 60 W ceramic heat a matter to increase the ambient heat of the enclosure. He seems to be fairly happy with this, but I wanted to make sure that I was providing the absolute best that I can for him. Any comments or advice would be extremely appreciated.

CooperDragon · Feb 13, 2019

Yeah that sounds pretty similar to what I have going. Same tank and all. As long as you're getting a good surface temperature gradient across the tank you should be in good shape. Your T5 should sit about 12'' (ish) above the main basking area for best results. Most importantly, watch how he is using the space. They all have their own preferences so you can tweak it to fit what he wants. If he's sitting in the hottest spot all the time, bump the temps a few degrees. If he's staying off to the side a bit, lower the temps a little, etc. You general setup sounds just right though so it's just minor tweaks as dictated by Mac =)

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