Hello everyone, new here and looking to get educated (feeding schedule, portions ect.), as well as get some help on adjusting my initial setup (which I had from a previous pet). We recently bought a 6 week old male (according to the vendor) at a local reptile show for my daughter, who affectionately named him Draco. I think he is a Citrus Tiger morph but someone can correct me if I’m wrong. Now on to the setup.
My setup is as follows: 20 gallon high tank, 18” HO 10.0 tube bulb, 50 Watt Repti sun bulb (I bought some 50 or 53 watt halogen flood light bulbs to try), repticarpet, digital thermometer with wire probe, as well as a few other odds and ends that will be shown in the picture.
My cool side reaches around 75 with this setup and I’m having a little trouble with the basking side. In the following pictures I have the Reptisun bulb in and when I measure there is a very small area that reaches around 101-107ish, but immediately outside this small area it gets in the mid 90’s. I am thinking of trying the Halogen flood bulb to try and get a wider basking spot, as well as raising the cage temp. overall. Any thoughts or adjustments? Also does he look healthy for 6 weeks? Thanks.
My setup is as follows: 20 gallon high tank, 18” HO 10.0 tube bulb, 50 Watt Repti sun bulb (I bought some 50 or 53 watt halogen flood light bulbs to try), repticarpet, digital thermometer with wire probe, as well as a few other odds and ends that will be shown in the picture.
My cool side reaches around 75 with this setup and I’m having a little trouble with the basking side. In the following pictures I have the Reptisun bulb in and when I measure there is a very small area that reaches around 101-107ish, but immediately outside this small area it gets in the mid 90’s. I am thinking of trying the Halogen flood bulb to try and get a wider basking spot, as well as raising the cage temp. overall. Any thoughts or adjustments? Also does he look healthy for 6 weeks? Thanks.