HELP NEEDED NOW Temperatures

[joelrussell]

Help :!:
I have been keeping my beardie at 32 degrees C (89.6 degrees fahrenheit) during the day and turning heat and UV lamp both off at night. However i have been told to keep her at 26 degrees C (80 degrees fahrenheit) during day and night but turning the UV off at night.
Which of these (or something else) should i do.
I'm a bit scared that i'm doing the wrong thing :|
Reply ASAP
Thanks.

 

[SARBEAR]

Your viv should actually 105-110 F (40.5 C-43.3 C) on the basking spot, and 80-85 F (26.6 C-29.4 C) on the cool side..
ALL lights should go off at night, unless the viv is getting below 65 F (18.3 C) at night. Then you will need to get some kind of heat for at night only, which a Ceramic Heat Emitter will work the best, it only puts off heat, and no light. You don't want to leave lights on over night because they will keep your beardie up all night.
But if your tank stays about 18.3 C then your beardie should be fine during the night with NO lights.
Hope this helps!

EDIT: What kind of UVB are you using? You said lamp..so if it's a compact or coil bulb I would get rid of it and get a reptisun 10.0 tube

 

[ironmonkeyofksw]

my BD viv (4x2x2 foot) is at arond 38*C ambient with a basking spot of about 42*C at the hot end and 30*C ambient at the cool end during the day. the amient temp for the hot end is taken as far away from the basking bulb as poss. the UV and heaters are all the turned off during the evening a ceramic can be used to heat during the night, but only if the temps drop below 17/18*C.

in my opinion for the basking spot id recommend a light emmiting bulb (i use a reptihalogen made by, zoomed i believe) and i use a ceramic heater to raise the overall temperature whereas i only used the ceramic for both and for UV lighting id recommned a Reptisun 10% tube light. i replaced my reptiglo 10% tube with the reptisun and after all the changes i made there was a huge improvement in my BD in everything form activity, feeding, and well everything.

all in all these are my opinions and are what i have found to work best for my BD, how each person cares for theirs is up to them. hope i can help in even a tiny way

 

[joelrussell]

Thanks for your help. We're using a ReptiGlo UV Lamp and it's going to be replaced by a ReptiSun soon. The heat lamp was new 4 weeks ago. As I am typing my BD called Ronnie is somehow trying to climb to the top of her viv.
Once again thanks

 

[SARBEAR]

Thanks for your help. We're using a ReptiGlo UV Lamp and it's going to be replaced by a ReptiSun soon. The heat lamp was new 4 weeks ago. As I am typing my BD called Ronnie is somehow trying to climb to the top of her viv.
Once again thanks

Great! I'm glad you are switching to a reptisun! You will definitely see an improvement in your beardie!!
Make sure it's the tube and not a compact/coil though.
BTW: What are you using to measure your temps?

 

[joelrussell]

Thanks.
For us to see what temperature it is, we have an Exo-Terra at the basking side of her viv.
But apparently they've been known not to be too accurate.
The one that is connected to her thermostat is (i think) made with the thermostat.
It's a LivingEarth Electronics HabiStat.
Hope This Helps :!: