futuredragonowner
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Hey everyone,
This weekend I purchased my first dragon, it's a male and he's adorable. He's doing great so far, basking and eating a lot. He's alert and seems to be healthy, I also think he's beginning to shed. However, he's displaying his darker colors than when I purchased him, he also has stress marks. I know the marks aren't really a cause for concern as they're normal, but I worry about his dark colors.
This is my current set-up, if anyone would like to let me know if there's anything I could fix, that would be greatly appreciated!
He's in a 40 gallon tank. The substrate is 3/4 tile with the rest being reptile carpet. I have a Reptisun 10.0 T5 with a sunblaster reflector fixture, sitting on top of the mesh. He's been eating Phoenix worms, and a good amount of them. I'm using a 100W ZooMed basking bulb in a deep dome fixture from the same brand, temps on the basking log mostly coming up as 100-110 (a little less than 100 in some spots). The cool side is around 80, maybe a little above. I'm the 90's on the hot side. Could he be a little cold? I'm thinking this is it. How could I fix this without making it too hot?
Thank you for your help
This weekend I purchased my first dragon, it's a male and he's adorable. He's doing great so far, basking and eating a lot. He's alert and seems to be healthy, I also think he's beginning to shed. However, he's displaying his darker colors than when I purchased him, he also has stress marks. I know the marks aren't really a cause for concern as they're normal, but I worry about his dark colors.
This is my current set-up, if anyone would like to let me know if there's anything I could fix, that would be greatly appreciated!
He's in a 40 gallon tank. The substrate is 3/4 tile with the rest being reptile carpet. I have a Reptisun 10.0 T5 with a sunblaster reflector fixture, sitting on top of the mesh. He's been eating Phoenix worms, and a good amount of them. I'm using a 100W ZooMed basking bulb in a deep dome fixture from the same brand, temps on the basking log mostly coming up as 100-110 (a little less than 100 in some spots). The cool side is around 80, maybe a little above. I'm the 90's on the hot side. Could he be a little cold? I'm thinking this is it. How could I fix this without making it too hot?
Thank you for your help