bubbagumper6
Juvie Member
Hello all,
My beardie (Apollo) is about 7 months old now, and I've got him in the custom enclosure I built (around 56 gallons). I'm having trouble getting his basking spot up to the correct temperature. Right now I have a small fixture mounted inside the tank with a 30w Halogen flood light (the small ones) which is about 5" away from his spot and a regular 100w incandescent bulb which is in a normal dome fixture (the kind pet stores sell for reptiles) and that one is about 12" away from his basking spot. I just bought the standard 12$ Acu-rite thermometer with the probe, and it says the temperature at his basking spot is only 100*...I've tried many different combinations of lights and just can't seem to get it right. I think the next thing I'm going to try is bumping the flood light up to a 45w, but I have to be careful with those because they generate a lot more heat than regular light bulbs, I had a 90w that almost melted some plastic...
but yeah, any suggestions would be helpful
My beardie (Apollo) is about 7 months old now, and I've got him in the custom enclosure I built (around 56 gallons). I'm having trouble getting his basking spot up to the correct temperature. Right now I have a small fixture mounted inside the tank with a 30w Halogen flood light (the small ones) which is about 5" away from his spot and a regular 100w incandescent bulb which is in a normal dome fixture (the kind pet stores sell for reptiles) and that one is about 12" away from his basking spot. I just bought the standard 12$ Acu-rite thermometer with the probe, and it says the temperature at his basking spot is only 100*...I've tried many different combinations of lights and just can't seem to get it right. I think the next thing I'm going to try is bumping the flood light up to a 45w, but I have to be careful with those because they generate a lot more heat than regular light bulbs, I had a 90w that almost melted some plastic...
but yeah, any suggestions would be helpful