How difficult is fire skink lighting to set up and install? Does it need ultraviolet light?Yes he is, he also never turns down food so he hangs out to see what might drop in. Sometimes a superworm, mealworm, darkling beetle, cricket, scrambled egg [ VERY little ] small piece of cooked chicken or salmon [ cooked + rinsed quickly so there's no grease or salt ] nightcrawler, isopods. The easiest reptile to feed that I've ever owned. He poos in one corner of the tank in the moss and the cuc takes care of every bit.
I've always been kind of neutral on skinks, but that lil guy looks amazing. If i ever get a skink it'll be one of those.Wait, he thought that pic made his legs look too skinny. He wanted to show off his buff skink gams.
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You voiced my thoughtsI've always been kind of neutral on skinks, but that lil guy looks amazing. If i ever get a skink it'll be one of those.
Very easy. They spend a lot of time underground and don't need a lot of uvb, even a 10.0 t8 will do or an Arcadia t5 6%. I've experimented with no uvb for periods of time with no ill effects in any way whatsoever.How difficult is fire skink lighting to set up and install? Does it need ultraviolet light?
How thick should the substrate layer be for burrowing? Will 5 inches be enough?Very easy. They spend a lot of time underground and don't need a lot of uvb, even a 10.0 t8 will do or an Arcadia t5 6%. I've experimented with no uvb for periods of time with no ill effects in any way whatsoever.
Basking spot around 90 F, coolest end can be low 70's. Night time 65-75. They like a good layer of substrate for burrowing, topsoil, maybe some coco fiber possibly a little sand but not to make it sandy. I get live moss from outdoors.