Nedry, my new baby frilled dragon

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I know this is bearded dragon.org but I just got a new frilled and wanted to see if anyone on here had some advice for them. He is an Indonesian baby, about 4 inches. I don't know his age, he looks like a male judging by the lumps under his tail. His name is Nedry :)
I just got him a couple days ago but he has been doing great so far! I have him in a medium sized tall tank with a 75 watt heating bulb and a 5.0 uvb bulb. I spray his tank in the morning and at night to keep the humidity up and I have some live lizard approved plants to help with that as well. He drinks, eats (small calcium dusted crickets) and poops so I think he's doing good! One of the questions I have is about his age and amount of food. Right now I feed him twice a day, I put him in a separate feeder tank and let him go to town for 15 minutes. However he is so small so he usually only eats about 3-5 crickets. So a total of about 6-10 a day so far. I'm not sure if this is enough but he usually stops eating well before the 15 minutes is up. I know he may be stressed so maybe he's not eating as much as he will when he is more comfortable? Also, I shop at a reptile store and the employees are generally really good about correct information, so the employee helping me suggested the uvb paired with the nighttime red heating bulb so I can just leave it on constantly. I feel like this isn't a lot of light but I am also used to beardies. I was thinking about changing it and getting a basking bulb and ceramic emitter(for night) and keeping the uvb. I'll have to get an extra fixture but I feel like his terrarium is so dim right now. Any advise or thoughts? Thanks! I'll try to get a picture of him :)
 

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He's a cute little guy! Looks quite a bit like a baby beardie. I'm not sure about their specific lighting needs so I can't offer much pertinent advice there. If it's visible lighting you're after, perhaps you could get a fixture with a 6.5k fluorescent tube which would produce plenty of cool daylight visible light. There are dual UVB fixtures that have UVB on one side and a 6.5k on the other. (I'm not sure if this is an appropriate level of UVB for him, just using it as an example for the fixture) http://www.lightyourreptiles.com/24...arcadia-12-and-6-5k-day-light-bulbs-included/
 

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Awsome animals! I haven't done research on them in a very long time. My brother use to keep and breed them. Without doing a bit of research though I'm hesitant on offering much advice...but if I get some time I'll see what I can come up with.
 

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Red lights are not suitable for any species of reptile.

I've not looked into their care deeply but look into natural habits and habitat, if they are an active diurnal reptile they would probably be happier with nice bright white light. It's hard for me to see on my phone but it looks like they have basking habits similar to bearded dragons so I'd look into give a similar lighting setup. http://www.uvguide.co.uk/files/BIAZA-UVTool-VERSION-010-19Oct2015.xls
 
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