Hello! I'm Ani, I'm new to the forum and a new beardie owner my little guy is a 4 months old beardie named Gilberto. He's a red/orange trans her hipo leatherback.
I had a few questions regarding his enclosure...
Enclosure
I have him in a melamine/wooden diy enclosure from an Ikea besta cabinet. Dimensions are: 4.2 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, 2 feet tall with a secondary level inside. All white inside to reflect more light.
Substrate
I'm using untreated slate tiles with a plastic cover (the one you use in drawers) underneat. Level is made out of light brown wood textured melamine
Lighting
I'm using a sylvania 76w flood light as basking light and a T8 reptiglo 10.0 tube light mounted inside the terrarium overlapping with the basking light; less than 8 inches from the basking spot.
Temperatures
Basking spot : 106F with some zones around 95f and others around 110F
Cool side: 82f
Nightime 76f, but will install CHE on oposite side of basking light when winter comes
So... is everything ok? I know reptiglo is not the best bulb around; but I'm trying to get a t8 arcadia 12% and can't seem to find one anywhere other than ebay, and I don't really trust a bulb from ebay (I live in Spain). So far, he seems ok. Eats around 5-7 dubia roaches per feeding (2x a day) and most of his greens daily. Poops twice (or thrice!) per day. Seems normal consistency, not particulary stinky poops...
I'm asking mainly because I am concerned with the reptiglo.. i've read tons of things about them here but everything seems pretty old? (2009-2010ish?) and I was hoping maybe they fixed the tube?
Anyway, thanks in advance for your help! I welcome any opinions/improvements you recomend! I'll try to figure a way to post a picture of his enclosure on the next post!
I had a few questions regarding his enclosure...
Enclosure
I have him in a melamine/wooden diy enclosure from an Ikea besta cabinet. Dimensions are: 4.2 feet long, 1.5 feet wide, 2 feet tall with a secondary level inside. All white inside to reflect more light.
Substrate
I'm using untreated slate tiles with a plastic cover (the one you use in drawers) underneat. Level is made out of light brown wood textured melamine
Lighting
I'm using a sylvania 76w flood light as basking light and a T8 reptiglo 10.0 tube light mounted inside the terrarium overlapping with the basking light; less than 8 inches from the basking spot.
Temperatures
Basking spot : 106F with some zones around 95f and others around 110F
Cool side: 82f
Nightime 76f, but will install CHE on oposite side of basking light when winter comes
So... is everything ok? I know reptiglo is not the best bulb around; but I'm trying to get a t8 arcadia 12% and can't seem to find one anywhere other than ebay, and I don't really trust a bulb from ebay (I live in Spain). So far, he seems ok. Eats around 5-7 dubia roaches per feeding (2x a day) and most of his greens daily. Poops twice (or thrice!) per day. Seems normal consistency, not particulary stinky poops...
I'm asking mainly because I am concerned with the reptiglo.. i've read tons of things about them here but everything seems pretty old? (2009-2010ish?) and I was hoping maybe they fixed the tube?
Anyway, thanks in advance for your help! I welcome any opinions/improvements you recomend! I'll try to figure a way to post a picture of his enclosure on the next post!