goldenboy2421
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Hi everyone, im currently trying to get my temps right before i get my beardie next week and i guess im getting a little confused on what temperature i should be measuring. So the way i have my basking spot setup is a piece of branch leaning against a dark, almost black, half log hide. So my beardie can technically either bask on the leaning branch or right on top of the half log. Where im getting confused is what surface am i measuring for my temps? the half log ,because its so dark and because of the mateiral (like a hard ceramic/stone), is roughly 20 F hotter than the highest point of the branch. Do i go off the half log? or the branch? this brings me to a more general question, is the bearded dragon getting his warmth from the light that hits him from the top or from the surface? if the more important light is the one that he gets from up top, if i didnt have the half log, i would have to up my temps a lot more to try to get my branch to reach 105-110 F. Does this makes sense? shouldn't the light from above stay the same regardless of the material he is basking on?