Hey All 
Just got my first Beardie (Dave) a couple of days ago, he is apparently 11-12 weeks old. I did plenty of reading up before hand but it wasn't until I got him home that I realised that I'd only touched the tip of the iceberg :lol:
This is his current 3 foot enclosure..
The set-up was supplied by the shop. First things first the sand substrate will be going before the weekend is out, I have some ply and slate tiles and will be making him an easily cleaned floor to roam on. I'd read up on the dangers of sand before purchasing but the guy in the shop repeatedly informed me that sand was fine 'as it's what they have in Australia' - obviously I now know otherwise, hopefully it'll be fine for a few more days seeing as its what they had him on in the shop.
Secondly my lighting will be worked on.. The current setup and positioning was set before I was fully clued up. Reptisun Mini Compact on one side of the viv, basking light with cage & a halogen light on the 'hot side'. Well aware now that the UVB must be the same side of the viv as the basking light so have ordered a T5 controller, reflector & Arcadia D3 T5 24w bulb. The Mini Compact will be going totally but couple of questions..
- ok to put a regular bulb where the current mini compact is just for aesthetic lighting or would it be better for Dave to have nothing this side?
- strip light is 22" so is approx 3/4 of the vivs length, planning to fit this behind the heat cage in the picture as far to the right as possible unless anyone can see any problems with this? Hopefully the distances will be okay.
Final current issue is the temperature.. it's currently 47c (via probe) at the basking point which is a little too much I believe? I have a 75w bulb so guessing if I whack a 60w in this should help? I'm not sure on the cold side temperatures, IR Temp Monitor coming tomorrow so I can work on this...
Aside that the little fella is eating albeit quite little at the minute maybe a few locusts per sitting, but guess he is still adjusting to his surroundings. He loves coming out of his viv to see me and is pretty active.
Couple of pictures...
Just got my first Beardie (Dave) a couple of days ago, he is apparently 11-12 weeks old. I did plenty of reading up before hand but it wasn't until I got him home that I realised that I'd only touched the tip of the iceberg :lol:
This is his current 3 foot enclosure..
The set-up was supplied by the shop. First things first the sand substrate will be going before the weekend is out, I have some ply and slate tiles and will be making him an easily cleaned floor to roam on. I'd read up on the dangers of sand before purchasing but the guy in the shop repeatedly informed me that sand was fine 'as it's what they have in Australia' - obviously I now know otherwise, hopefully it'll be fine for a few more days seeing as its what they had him on in the shop.
Secondly my lighting will be worked on.. The current setup and positioning was set before I was fully clued up. Reptisun Mini Compact on one side of the viv, basking light with cage & a halogen light on the 'hot side'. Well aware now that the UVB must be the same side of the viv as the basking light so have ordered a T5 controller, reflector & Arcadia D3 T5 24w bulb. The Mini Compact will be going totally but couple of questions..
- ok to put a regular bulb where the current mini compact is just for aesthetic lighting or would it be better for Dave to have nothing this side?
- strip light is 22" so is approx 3/4 of the vivs length, planning to fit this behind the heat cage in the picture as far to the right as possible unless anyone can see any problems with this? Hopefully the distances will be okay.
Final current issue is the temperature.. it's currently 47c (via probe) at the basking point which is a little too much I believe? I have a 75w bulb so guessing if I whack a 60w in this should help? I'm not sure on the cold side temperatures, IR Temp Monitor coming tomorrow so I can work on this...
Aside that the little fella is eating albeit quite little at the minute maybe a few locusts per sitting, but guess he is still adjusting to his surroundings. He loves coming out of his viv to see me and is pretty active.
Couple of pictures...
