Lighting advice

[MollyMoo98]

So yesterday I got my beardie a 90-gallon custom wood tank and we are having some trouble with the lighting. We tried a 100 watt and it was too much ( 110° degrees +), she was hiding so we removed it. Now we are trying at 75 watts but it's only) 96.5° degrees. Is there any way to find a happy medium?
If it helps she is 6 yrs old.
She has a reptisun T10 10.0 UVB tube light so she is good on that front.
Below are pics of the tank (more hiding stuff etc is to be added)

 

[Aaradimian]

Hi,

Is there any way to suspend the light or does it have to be where it is? I recently built a new viv for mine and spent a bit of time with the IR gun trying different cord lengths as I am suspending my basking light from hooks on the underside. In my setup, there's a significant air gap between the lamp and the 'ceiling', so I'm not worried it may get too hot & start a fire above it, but that'd be something to consider if the lamp ended up real close to the underside.

 

[MollyMoo98]

no i have no way to suspend it, its right against the wood but doesnt seem to be causeing any problems burning wise. we just need to get the tank a little hotter

 

[CooperDragon]

You could try a higher wattage bulb (halogen or incandescent) and connect it to a dimmer switch or dimming thermostat. That way if you can get close with the wattage you can fine tune the temps a bit by dimming slightly if needed.