My beardie occasionally glass surfs. I thing it's partially because i can't give him extended long periods of time out of the tank yet (other than for bathing/misting) due to the fact i'm still working jobs this week and an evening work schedule at my part time job which will be come my full time job next week. The other reason is he's juvenile, but i'm working with a 20 gallon tall until i can save money to get a bigger space for him to grow into. (thankfully with this size tank cleaned and repurposed from when it was used as an aquarium) I have 6-12 months before i have to make to move to anything 40gallons and up (at that point the kitchen table will probably be sacrificed as i have nothing lower that he can fit under unless i use the bar counter in my condo or put him in my bedroom. Which probably won't work as i'm always in my living room). Please see the setup below.
The lighting setup that you can't see is a 150W exoterra intense basking bulb (because this is a twenty gallon tall 100W didn't cut it), 26W UVB bulb by all good things, 150W black nighttime basking bulb over the 'cool area" (again because 20 gallon tall and this size tank doesn't have room for a better heating system so the night basking light is on 24hours).
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/Jamiecole2/Vash%20the%20Bearded%20Dragon/beardie%20setup_zpsnzytoayk.jpg
Also why does my basking light heat up so slow in my tank. My digital thermometer reads a slow rise and it's been about 10-15 minutes after i turned it back on after spot cleaning a deposit on the basking rock. The digital thermometer that i have lowered so that it's behind the top part of the basking rock is only reading about 95.8 right now. Is it normal for basking lights to heat up that slow?
Insight and thoughts welcome.
The lighting setup that you can't see is a 150W exoterra intense basking bulb (because this is a twenty gallon tall 100W didn't cut it), 26W UVB bulb by all good things, 150W black nighttime basking bulb over the 'cool area" (again because 20 gallon tall and this size tank doesn't have room for a better heating system so the night basking light is on 24hours).
http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h237/Jamiecole2/Vash%20the%20Bearded%20Dragon/beardie%20setup_zpsnzytoayk.jpg
Also why does my basking light heat up so slow in my tank. My digital thermometer reads a slow rise and it's been about 10-15 minutes after i turned it back on after spot cleaning a deposit on the basking rock. The digital thermometer that i have lowered so that it's behind the top part of the basking rock is only reading about 95.8 right now. Is it normal for basking lights to heat up that slow?
Insight and thoughts welcome.