TedPoirier
New member
First off hello all and thank you for any help you can provide. Well my son asked for a bearded dragon for Christmas which has led me to you all. We will be getting him a baby and plan to use a 55 gallon acrylic we already had. We are trying to avoid mounting the lighting on the inside. The tank has two decent size cut outs on top. So bought a screen top to cover the holes and two double fixtures one over each cut out. The thought was this would provide some versatility... now the confusion starts. The thought was to use a 100w Powersun MVB at one end with additional low watt basking if the heat was needed. Then a CHE for night temps since we live in Michigan and maybe an incandescent in the other just for more natural lighting if the MVB filled the UVB requirements. There in lies the problem with the MVB not covering the whole tank we have been told us it's ok they only need access to the zone and not full coverage others say 75-80% coverage is a must. I could always use a powersun in both fixtures for overlapping coverage but wouldnt this be overkill? too hot maybe? Please any advise would be great it is almost christmas and want to have the set up running for a few days before to make sure all is good before bringing the little guy home. Trying to add pics below showing the tank and the cut outs.