Darkotic948
Member
Hi there everyone,
I have a few questions about the heating and lighting I'm using. I have an Arizona Hot Lamp with a clamp and a dimmer, and I'm using a Zoo Med: Repti Basking Spot Lamp 100w for UVA and and an Exo-Terra: Compact Top using a Repti-Glo 10.0 UVB 26w coil bulb. I also have a Repti-Sun: 20in Terrarium Hood but they don't have florescent tubes of Repti-Sun 10.0 around here locally so I had to settle for the compact top for now till I can locate one. I was wondering if these will be fine for now? And also I have a 100w infrared Heat-Glo light by Exo-Terra that I'm not gonna use anymore due to me reading someone else's question a few minutes ago how it disrupts sleep and its still warm here at night.
And also, I'm using a Zilla Digital Thermometer. The lady at PetSmart recommended these other thermometers by All Living Things, its a thermometer and a hydrometer n' I didn't think it was too accurate so I went out n' bought the Zilla thermometer and I am glad I did because the temperature was almost 130 degrees in the 20 gallon tank. The All Living Things thermometers were barely saying it was 100. My other question is the temperature is about 117 with a changing decimal, but the light isn't very bright, it's a visible light but if I just barely turn the dimmer up for more light the temperature changes drastically. This is probably a dumb question but as long as it's putting out light and heat is that okay, or does it need to be really bright? He's sitting under the Compact top on a big rock a few inches away from the lid right now. And I don't understand the hot lamp's clamp cuz the instructiosn were really vague. And can anyone give me some tips on maintaining the temperature better? I'm a real newbie about all of this, thanks a lot! And also I have to go away this weekend for like, a night, leaving at noon and probably coming home at noon the next day. I tried looking at walmart for some light timers but I couldn't find any, only at petsmart and they are proud of them, wanting about $50+ a piece, so do you think he'd be okay if I take him with me in a reptile cage I bought? Its a pretty good size and I also have a leash for him and I can bring food and water along with us and walk him in the sun and bring him in the house at night cuz I will be staying at my dad's. I live in Tx so it gets pretty warm. Would that be okay to do? Thanks a lot for everyone reading this and anyone who helps! Very much appreciated, I'm sorry this was so long and so many questions, but there's so many nice people here so I figured this would be the best place to ask! ^_^
-DJ
I have a few questions about the heating and lighting I'm using. I have an Arizona Hot Lamp with a clamp and a dimmer, and I'm using a Zoo Med: Repti Basking Spot Lamp 100w for UVA and and an Exo-Terra: Compact Top using a Repti-Glo 10.0 UVB 26w coil bulb. I also have a Repti-Sun: 20in Terrarium Hood but they don't have florescent tubes of Repti-Sun 10.0 around here locally so I had to settle for the compact top for now till I can locate one. I was wondering if these will be fine for now? And also I have a 100w infrared Heat-Glo light by Exo-Terra that I'm not gonna use anymore due to me reading someone else's question a few minutes ago how it disrupts sleep and its still warm here at night.
And also, I'm using a Zilla Digital Thermometer. The lady at PetSmart recommended these other thermometers by All Living Things, its a thermometer and a hydrometer n' I didn't think it was too accurate so I went out n' bought the Zilla thermometer and I am glad I did because the temperature was almost 130 degrees in the 20 gallon tank. The All Living Things thermometers were barely saying it was 100. My other question is the temperature is about 117 with a changing decimal, but the light isn't very bright, it's a visible light but if I just barely turn the dimmer up for more light the temperature changes drastically. This is probably a dumb question but as long as it's putting out light and heat is that okay, or does it need to be really bright? He's sitting under the Compact top on a big rock a few inches away from the lid right now. And I don't understand the hot lamp's clamp cuz the instructiosn were really vague. And can anyone give me some tips on maintaining the temperature better? I'm a real newbie about all of this, thanks a lot! And also I have to go away this weekend for like, a night, leaving at noon and probably coming home at noon the next day. I tried looking at walmart for some light timers but I couldn't find any, only at petsmart and they are proud of them, wanting about $50+ a piece, so do you think he'd be okay if I take him with me in a reptile cage I bought? Its a pretty good size and I also have a leash for him and I can bring food and water along with us and walk him in the sun and bring him in the house at night cuz I will be staying at my dad's. I live in Tx so it gets pretty warm. Would that be okay to do? Thanks a lot for everyone reading this and anyone who helps! Very much appreciated, I'm sorry this was so long and so many questions, but there's so many nice people here so I figured this would be the best place to ask! ^_^
-DJ