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    Tank setup questions

    No, spinach is one of the worst. It binds calcium, so they don't get a proper calcium intake. Romaine lettuce is almost all water and little to no nutritional value. Proper greens would be the dark stuff. Collard greens, dandelion greens, mustard greens, turnip greens, endive, escarole, bok...
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    How much per month for bsfl and dubia?

    For BSFL, I'd recommend ordering large or jumbo size worms from symptonbsf.com. They're big, healthy worms and their pricing is good. As for a dubia colony, it's pretty simple to keep one. Basically as long as you don't let food rot in there, creating mold, and you keep it warm in the bin...
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    New Beardie-Vitamin confusion

    Your dragon should be getting calcium supplement on one of his daily feedings 5 days a week and a multi-vitamin like Rep-Cal Herptivite 2 days a week.
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    For those that are struggling to heat their roach bins....

    Room temps are fine. Lower temps will keep them from growing as fast too, keeping them at the size you ordered. Definitely look into breeding. It's super super easy. It will save you a lot of money in the long run. You can feed them kitchen veggie scraps and scraps from your dragons greens and...
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    Juvenile doesn't like BSFL?

    Yes it's possible for them to be picky. MY guy recently decided he's not interested in dubias anymore. He'll eat a few of them every few days to keep from starving I guess, but he's not very enthusiastic. I bought some crickets (I hate those miserable, smelly, die quickly, bite my dragon things)...
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    Juvenile doesn't like BSFL?

    Yes it's possible for them to be picky. MY guy recently decided he's not interested in dubias anymore. He'll eat a few of them every few days to keep from starving I guess, but he's not very enthusiastic. I bought some crickets (I hate those miserable, smelly, die quickly, bite my dragon things)...
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    How to properly use an infrared temp gun?

    You can read the surface temperature of anything by pointing the laser at it. There's probably not much use in taking the temp of the dragon's skin, as you have no frame of reference for what the temperature readings mean. Also, be careful not to hit the dragon's eyes with the laser or spook it...
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    Thermostats

    Only if you can't control basking temps with basking light distance or if you need a CHE to supplement nighttime heat and it's getting too warm. I have a dome light with a dimmer built in, so I can dial it in without moving lights around and to compensate for changes in ambient house temps. My...
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    Looking to the future, enclosure advice please

    If you didn't buy the fixture yet, get the Sunblaster t5 fixture from Amazon. It comes with a reflector and mounting hardware.
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    Websites that ship bugs suggestions

    +1 for dubideli. Good prices. Bugs arrive healthy.
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    Keeping Phoenix worms 'fresh'?

    In lieu of a wine fridge, you can put them in a small cooler with an ice pack that will keep the cooler between 50-60. Warm up that day's feeders to get the wriggling.
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    Newbie with stool & shed ?

    No, unfortunately t5 fixtures and t8 fixtures are not compatible. They use different spaced contact pins on the end of the bulb and the ballast in a t8 fixture isn't strong enough to drive the t5bulb. You would want a 24" t5 fixture with 22" bulbs for a 36" enclosure. That allows for a...
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    Dubia protein

    You could also try culling the males down to 1:5 ratio. Still enough to get the job done. ?
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    Newbie with stool & shed ?

    I would strongly suggest moving that UVB under the screen or upgrading to a t5 fixture. T8 lamps through a screen give off little to no UVB unless the dragon is almost touching it. A t5 bulb would give you good UVB at 8-10" through the screen and 12" or so if inside the enclosure. I had the...
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    Newbie with stool & shed ?

    Your setup looks pretty good. Temps can be 100-105 on the basking spot. What is the UVB they have you set up with? Looks like a tube, which is good, but what bulb is in there. Are you running another bulb besides basking in that dome? What is it? No colored heat lamps should be used. I get...
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    New Beardie

    Counter dragon. Looks healthy! He's not a leatherback though. Leatherbacks don't have any of those bumps on their back. He's a normal as far as scaling. If all of his nails are clear, not brown/black then he might be a hypomelenistic. As for yips, search this site and research lighting and...
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    Homemade Roach Chow Recipe?

    You don't want to feed your roaches something that's too high in protein, which dog food can be, because too high of a protein diet is not too good for the roaches and not good for the dragon that eats them. The other problem with a chow-only diet is that you will then have to separately...
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    Newbies Jen & Louis

    13" depth is a little small for an adult bearded dragon. 4x2x2 is generally the recommended size for an adult. You can make your own pretty inexpensively. I think if you have to buy something and can't afford a 4x2x2, I would go with a 36x18x18 size then. There's actually more floor space. You...
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    Newly Adopted! Is it a morph? OPINIONS PLEASE :)

    Does it have all clear nails? Hard to tell from pics, but looked like they might be. If so, it's also a hypo, though pretty dark colored for one.
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    UVB Light Fixture

    Get this one from Amazon. Works great! https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00AKKUBDQ/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1516735735&sr=8-2&pi=AC_SX236_SY340_FMwebp_QL65&keywords=sunblaster+t5&dpPl=1&dpID=41fM5G39b6L&ref=plSrch You will also need a Reptisun t5HO 10.0 22" UVB bulb, which you can also get...
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