CooperDragon":3av5r9i5 said:He's a good looking dragon =). I'm glad he has a happy home with you. The squash is a favorite of my guy too.
CooperDragon":2m9ylpq8 said:OW! Yeah those coils can get really hot, it's nuts. I stopped using them because they'd get so hot I felt they were dangerous (risk of burn and fire hazard).
CooperDragon":s43kb36w said:That's a nice upgrade! The 14% arcadia is a new bulb and incredibly powerful. That should produce plenty of UVB for that tank. I wouldn't bother with the MVB with that in play. Just a halogen flood light from Bunnings should do the trick. They will handle dimming much more easily too so you can fine tune the temps as needed.
CooperDragon":1mow7rmg said:Yeah the programmable thermostats are expensive. Nice to have but a luxury item to an extent. You might be able to find a lamp dimmer that will do the same thing manually. I have one on one of my portable basking lights so I can fine tune the output and cut it back a bit if it gets too hot. You need to monitor temps and adjust it yourself but they're $10-15 or so rather than over $100.
The UVB light at the front of the tank is fine. It will create a gradient as you move back in the tank which is nice to have. I have my Arcadia at the front of my tank too so that Darwin can move to the back if he wants to be under the hot area but have less UVB exposure which he does choose to do sometimes.
CooperDragon":1523k28k said:I was surprised to the extent of it. I've seen some interesting time lapse videos and done my own observations showing they tend to really move about over the course of the day. Leads me to really try to offer as much variety as possible so they have what they need.
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