KarrieRee":34d83x1k said:
Please add the vitamin to his bugs ---- the UVB is on top of the screen preventing the UVB rays - it filters them out so basically hes getting none- I would get a 10.0 bulb either a T 5 or T 8 I dont know what kind of fixture you have in your tank -- it needs to go inside the tank depending on the T 5 or T 8 --- 8-10 inches for a T 8 ---- 10-11 for a T 5 - they take a different fixture --- he needs it inside the tank -- he needs to be able to sit under that UVB right now he cant --- what kind of substrate do you have in the tank? Please get rid of the Reptiglo -- bad for eyes ---- you need the Reptisun 10.0 bulb T8 or T 5--
Karrie
1. Quite the contrary actually. The bulbs actually sit over nothing and even when he had his 50 gallon the holes in the screen were so wide that I could stick my finger through them. I am like 100% sure that he was getting enough UVB in his 50 gallon tank. I am going to have my dad fix him a cover similar to what I had before because I dont really feel comfortable with them dangling over the edge and him not having a cover. I've actually walked in on him climbing on top of his lamps so definitely gonna get him a cover.
2. I have absolutely no idea what this T5 or T8 stuff even means it's like speaking another langauge to me. He has plenty of options when it comes to how close he can get to his lamps. I'm sure it just looks weird from the angle the picture is taken. He just had a 10% uvb florescent bulb and a 25% uvb tube bulb and he was perfectly healthy. So I'm gonna just do what I've been doing but if I run into any problems then I'll look into this "T5 T8" stuff. AGAIN he has lots of options when it comes to how close he wants to get. The only way I can describe what kind of fixture he has is that he has a zoo med duel lamp but other than that I have no idea what your talking about. I dont wanna make a pointless change unless I have to because not all of us have a tree that grows money.
3. I have one of those mats that you put in those kitchen drawers as substrate. Loose substrate is really bad no matter what any dumbass says about it.
4. I dont remember mentioning I had a reptiglo. Ever.
I know I have a reptiSUN but not a reptiglo. I have a all living things tube bulb too. I thought I already mentioned this but I guess I didn't but whaddya gonna do? ?
I've always used the reptisun always. It's very reliable without being needlessly complicated.
5. I'll see what I can do about the multivitamin. Hopefully I can find a powder form of it because that would be alot more convenient but over the year or more I've had him hes gotten by without it so I'm not that worried. I feed my crickets orange cubes so I'm like 99% sure that's where he gets his vitamins. Maybe I'll get it just as paranoia induced fail safe but idk if it's even necessary.
Dont worry. Everything is under control. I've probably done more research than is probably necessary because I'm so god damn paranoid. I just wanted to do an update of his size enclosure so I really dont need this forum anymore so it can be closed or whatever.