Durpy the Dragon
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- Beardie name(s)
- Derpy
Yes --- what is the screen like on your tank? Fine mesh like a screen door or a wide holed type - this will determine placement and distance for the UVBThis is what we got. Is this good?
Your using a 20 gallon tank at the moment? And the UVB is a T 8 so distance posted above is correct directly over him - the hygrometer is one w/ a probe or just a digital? I would get a probe one place the probe on the back center wall of the tank - optimal humidity is 40-50% nothing under 20 and over 70%- right now I am dealing w/ humidity issues as well I have recently replaced the humidifier in my room - cant get Hiccups tank over 18% and Blazes is at 20% now during the day - it goes up at night - but as soon as the lights go on it drops - When you move him over to a bigger tank I would recommend upgrading the UVB to a T 5 -- there are 3 brands we recommend on this forum so if you need them or want them please ask and we can post them for you -- if you need heat at night please get a CHE - ceramic heat emitter - you want ambient temps at night 65-75 -- the CHE needs a dome w / a ceramic socketgood for the plastic cover. i've never had one myself, i've got a custom built enclosure. but i've seen plenty of people on here that have had them and were advised to remove them. karrieree's on almost all the time, but i'll tag her for you
@KarrieRee
Your good w / the 25-27% level and I just checked mine and they are up to 21% today so that is good -- as far as the Rankins needing more humidity I do not know - but we can ask @AHBD she would know- I would get a T 5 fixture those can be ordered on line - T 8's and T 5's are different in strength and bulbs are different - if you need websites I can post them for you -- please do not use the red bulb anymore --We have him in a 40 gal tank right now. It’s positioned in the middle of the hot side but it is a T8. We couldn’t have find a T5 light bulb here in town.
We have that same issue! His tank will get 35% at night with lights off but as soon we turn on the lights it just always stays at 25-27%. We can’t get it above 30% during the day. I’m not entirely sure how that is effectiving him at this point but he glass surfs a few times a day.
I’ve heard that Rankins need more humidity than the average bearded dragon, is this true??
We do have a ceramic heat emitter. I just recently was informed that the red heat bulb shouldn’t be colored so we are replacing that today and i am stumped on getting the humidity at right levels. Might try to get a different lid to try to keep it in but I don’t know
If the bulb is colored its not good red blue black etc --- what did you find for the T 5?When you say red bulb does that include infrared bulbs? I was just told that it’s infrared so no sure if that makes any difference. When we looked about a month ago we could not t5 but we did find one today so that’s good .
No the tag just said bearded dragon at petsmart but when I was looking at pictures online to try to find out what type he was and they looked almost identical to the Rankins. I could be very wrong was hoping someone could tell me for sure.Hi Durpy, was the dragon sold to you as a Rankin's ? Because they are way more rare and wouldn't just be sold as a regular beardie. Can you post a few pics of his entire body from above to show his back pattern ?
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