Mightaswell
New member
Hi all!
I'm new here. I guess I should explain what I have and and what I'd like to do.
I built a 4x2x2 birch plywood enclosure sealed with 3 coats of 3x polyurethane. It has sliding doors. I'm going to line the inside with pond liner. The substrate can be 6 inches deep at the door opening with an 1.5 inch headspace to act as a sand splash.
I am doing a 50/50 play sand and organic potting soil mix packed so it can support the plants I'd like to put inside.
I'm very intent on putting a spineless prickly pear border along the walls and a dwarf overbearing mulberry tree.
I chose these particular plant because they can live in semi arid environments just as bearded dragons and both are safe and edible for the dragon. The mulberry will provide shade eventually.
I plan on using 160w mercury vapor bulb to heat the basking area and a 24inch 10.0 uvb for the dragon. I was told on another forum I could get away with a smaller tube uvb if i used the mercury vapor bulb. I am not trying to supplement uvb with the mercury vapor. I planned to use mercury vapor before I found out it had uvb capabilities because mercury vapor grows good indoor plants.
I also have 2 integrated t5 2ft leds that are 20w. One is full spectrum for the plants the other is 6500k for the plants.
Do you guys think that the 160w mercury vapor, 24 in uvb 10.0 and the led strips will be enough light for the plants but not too much on the dragons?
I was told on another forum that I should come here and ask since not many people on that one have bioactive planted tanks I guess.
I was advised to put the uvb 10.0 in the center 12-15 inches from the basking area.
I want to put the mulberry tree on the opposite side as the basking area so it's the cool shady spot even tho I'll put the grow led above it.
I'm new here. I guess I should explain what I have and and what I'd like to do.
I built a 4x2x2 birch plywood enclosure sealed with 3 coats of 3x polyurethane. It has sliding doors. I'm going to line the inside with pond liner. The substrate can be 6 inches deep at the door opening with an 1.5 inch headspace to act as a sand splash.
I am doing a 50/50 play sand and organic potting soil mix packed so it can support the plants I'd like to put inside.
I'm very intent on putting a spineless prickly pear border along the walls and a dwarf overbearing mulberry tree.
I chose these particular plant because they can live in semi arid environments just as bearded dragons and both are safe and edible for the dragon. The mulberry will provide shade eventually.
I plan on using 160w mercury vapor bulb to heat the basking area and a 24inch 10.0 uvb for the dragon. I was told on another forum I could get away with a smaller tube uvb if i used the mercury vapor bulb. I am not trying to supplement uvb with the mercury vapor. I planned to use mercury vapor before I found out it had uvb capabilities because mercury vapor grows good indoor plants.
I also have 2 integrated t5 2ft leds that are 20w. One is full spectrum for the plants the other is 6500k for the plants.
Do you guys think that the 160w mercury vapor, 24 in uvb 10.0 and the led strips will be enough light for the plants but not too much on the dragons?
I was told on another forum that I should come here and ask since not many people on that one have bioactive planted tanks I guess.
I was advised to put the uvb 10.0 in the center 12-15 inches from the basking area.
I want to put the mulberry tree on the opposite side as the basking area so it's the cool shady spot even tho I'll put the grow led above it.