GrowingaBeard
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Hi all,
I introduced myself and our new 5-mo old beardie a few days ago. So far so good, I think, but I have a few questions (total newbie!) and figured I'd ask here rather than in different specific forums - please bear with me.
1. We have a 40B glass tank for him (18x17x36, I think?), with a screen top (cats in the house!). I mounted a 24" under-counter fixture inside at the top of the back wall with a reptisun 10.0. My question here is that I realize now that a 10.0 is far different from a 10.0 HO (High output). Mine is a high output bulb. Is it too much? I have it in the back top of the tank, and the basking log and spot are near the front (was afraid hot basking light would melt/wreck plastic UVB fixture). We have a hammock in the back corner (opposite from basking corner) that's about 6-8 inches from the reptisun but so far Blaze never seems to go in the hammock or even on the cool side of the tank unless he's chasing a cricket. He's always on the warm end of the tank on or under the logs.
2. We have a 150-watt zoo med repti basking spot lamp over his basking log, but it seems to be getting too hot. The 100-watt I had at first didn't seem hot enough, so I'm waffling between the two. He basks nearby, but not in the hottest spot under the lamp. I might try the 100 watt again to see if gets warm enough. I don't want to roast him! He also closes one eye sometimes while basking, wonder if that means its too much.
3. On the cool side, I put in a fluker's daylight full-spectrum bulb to add some light and heat since it was a little cool (70s) and now with that light its between 80 and 90 depending on where exactly I check. But, then I read somewhere here that neodymian bulbs are bad because they block some of the color hues? Yes? I also read an article on this site suggesting regular compact fluorescent daylight bulbs, but aren't those "CFLs", which are also "bad guys"? So confused.
4. Crickets are evil. Learning my lesson slowly after receiving my shipment of 500 of them yesterday. Trying to get them from the shipping box into the big tub I setup for them was a disaster, LOL. Really glad I didn't do it inside the house, ha ha. Caught a few with the broom and later regretted that because who knows what dirt/toxin I introduced from the garage floor (not dirty, per se, but a car parks there!). There are now lots of dead crickets (a bunch were dead from original box) in the tub along with more that died overnight. Still lots alive, but I know I have to get the dead ones out in order to save the rest. HOW I will do that, I have no idea.... oh boy! Worms are sounding more and more appealing. No roaches, I'm not there yet (hate roaches more than crickets, for now anyway).
So so thankful for this forum! Not sure what I'd do without it!
I introduced myself and our new 5-mo old beardie a few days ago. So far so good, I think, but I have a few questions (total newbie!) and figured I'd ask here rather than in different specific forums - please bear with me.
1. We have a 40B glass tank for him (18x17x36, I think?), with a screen top (cats in the house!). I mounted a 24" under-counter fixture inside at the top of the back wall with a reptisun 10.0. My question here is that I realize now that a 10.0 is far different from a 10.0 HO (High output). Mine is a high output bulb. Is it too much? I have it in the back top of the tank, and the basking log and spot are near the front (was afraid hot basking light would melt/wreck plastic UVB fixture). We have a hammock in the back corner (opposite from basking corner) that's about 6-8 inches from the reptisun but so far Blaze never seems to go in the hammock or even on the cool side of the tank unless he's chasing a cricket. He's always on the warm end of the tank on or under the logs.
2. We have a 150-watt zoo med repti basking spot lamp over his basking log, but it seems to be getting too hot. The 100-watt I had at first didn't seem hot enough, so I'm waffling between the two. He basks nearby, but not in the hottest spot under the lamp. I might try the 100 watt again to see if gets warm enough. I don't want to roast him! He also closes one eye sometimes while basking, wonder if that means its too much.
3. On the cool side, I put in a fluker's daylight full-spectrum bulb to add some light and heat since it was a little cool (70s) and now with that light its between 80 and 90 depending on where exactly I check. But, then I read somewhere here that neodymian bulbs are bad because they block some of the color hues? Yes? I also read an article on this site suggesting regular compact fluorescent daylight bulbs, but aren't those "CFLs", which are also "bad guys"? So confused.
4. Crickets are evil. Learning my lesson slowly after receiving my shipment of 500 of them yesterday. Trying to get them from the shipping box into the big tub I setup for them was a disaster, LOL. Really glad I didn't do it inside the house, ha ha. Caught a few with the broom and later regretted that because who knows what dirt/toxin I introduced from the garage floor (not dirty, per se, but a car parks there!). There are now lots of dead crickets (a bunch were dead from original box) in the tub along with more that died overnight. Still lots alive, but I know I have to get the dead ones out in order to save the rest. HOW I will do that, I have no idea.... oh boy! Worms are sounding more and more appealing. No roaches, I'm not there yet (hate roaches more than crickets, for now anyway).
So so thankful for this forum! Not sure what I'd do without it!
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