JakeDagger
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Ill start by indroducing myself and my Dragon, I am called Jake and my dragon is called Meeko! I have had her for almost a year and she has been in a 60 gal and now shes coming up to being fully grown i have opted to invest in a new viv for her! here is the current set up for the 60 gal;
UVB tube, 12% 2/3 of the viv length, 40C basking spot and 28C cool side, slate tiles as substrate.
her diet consists of mealworms and dubia roaches, having calcium dust 5/7 days and multi vits 2/7 days. sometimes she gets waxworms and superworms for treats. greens wise i havent been able to get much in to her, however i thought she was brumating for a while but then her appetite picked up a little but still very lethargic and bad poop and then appetite went again so just sent off a poop sample which gives me a chance to get her setup right before she goes into the new viv.
This is the current set up for the new viv then!!
its a 120 gal, 4x2x2 wooden vivarium, waterproofed with pond liner and aquarium sealant on the bottom 5". for substrate i am using arcadia arid earth mix, spag moss mixed in and under rocks and wood and leaf litter. for cuc i have springtails, purple/grey/orange isopods.
now onto the bit i am a little lost with; lighting and heating. so far i have an arcadia 12% T5 uvb tube, the 39w one and currently a 150w basking spot bulb, as i tried 50 and 100 and they managed to get the basking spot temps but no the rest of the viv, so once she goes in i have a high temp thermostat which i will hook up to the 150w bulb to keep the basking spot at 41C as well as a dual probe thermometer for either end and a temp gun for precise checking. however because i have a wooden viv i cannot mount the bulb on the outside and it hangs pretty low, so the basking spot has to be low compared to the rest of the viv, so when she is basking she will be 15-14" away from the uvb but the highest point of the viv is 10" away, will she climb to get more if she needs it, or will i have to buy a second thermosts and a che for the rest of the viv and use a 50w for the basking spot and raise it, the second option i have is hang the uvb tube using cable ties so it is level with the basking bulb, however then she wont have many areas to climb up high which is what i wanted the larger viv for. if i keep it how it is, will she climb up her logs to get to hte uvb rays, or will she rely on the basking spot for uvb and therefor i will have to make amends?
thank you so much, im happy to answer any more questions, or post a picture!
UVB tube, 12% 2/3 of the viv length, 40C basking spot and 28C cool side, slate tiles as substrate.
her diet consists of mealworms and dubia roaches, having calcium dust 5/7 days and multi vits 2/7 days. sometimes she gets waxworms and superworms for treats. greens wise i havent been able to get much in to her, however i thought she was brumating for a while but then her appetite picked up a little but still very lethargic and bad poop and then appetite went again so just sent off a poop sample which gives me a chance to get her setup right before she goes into the new viv.
This is the current set up for the new viv then!!
its a 120 gal, 4x2x2 wooden vivarium, waterproofed with pond liner and aquarium sealant on the bottom 5". for substrate i am using arcadia arid earth mix, spag moss mixed in and under rocks and wood and leaf litter. for cuc i have springtails, purple/grey/orange isopods.
now onto the bit i am a little lost with; lighting and heating. so far i have an arcadia 12% T5 uvb tube, the 39w one and currently a 150w basking spot bulb, as i tried 50 and 100 and they managed to get the basking spot temps but no the rest of the viv, so once she goes in i have a high temp thermostat which i will hook up to the 150w bulb to keep the basking spot at 41C as well as a dual probe thermometer for either end and a temp gun for precise checking. however because i have a wooden viv i cannot mount the bulb on the outside and it hangs pretty low, so the basking spot has to be low compared to the rest of the viv, so when she is basking she will be 15-14" away from the uvb but the highest point of the viv is 10" away, will she climb to get more if she needs it, or will i have to buy a second thermosts and a che for the rest of the viv and use a 50w for the basking spot and raise it, the second option i have is hang the uvb tube using cable ties so it is level with the basking bulb, however then she wont have many areas to climb up high which is what i wanted the larger viv for. if i keep it how it is, will she climb up her logs to get to hte uvb rays, or will she rely on the basking spot for uvb and therefor i will have to make amends?
thank you so much, im happy to answer any more questions, or post a picture!