Hello
I love the forum. I have a couple of questions?
I went from a 20 gallon to a 40 gallon and I feel my beardie dragon is not as warm as he was when he had the 20 gallon.
90 degrees. Also can someone link the housing for this lighting. The one I linked didn’t fit .. grrrr. Bummer. I would ideally like a below the counter lighting fixture
With the T 5 it can go on top of screen ---- but you will haft to get a hood for a T 5 and I dont think they make them that size I have a link for a 18" under the counter from Home Depot but I am not sure they make a 22" some others on the forum might have some ideas of where to get one--- keep the bulb that is a good bulb--- as far as heat what ever you were using for the 20 gallon I would go the next size up it is trial and error ---- just make sure your getting an accurate temp w/ a Infrared heat gun from Walmart Home Depot or Lowes around $10
Karrie
90 degrees where? At your basking surface, your hot side, or your cold side? You need to know all 3 temps and you should be measuring with a temp gun or a digital with probe end no dial stick ons
I don’t have a digital one. Can someone link it to buy it, please. I have the round ones. It says 90 inside. I have it placed on the inside to the left of the tank.
Unfortunately those are very innaccurate, and as you can imagine, they don't give you the basking surface temp, which is the most important temp in the tank really.
I will send you a link to a cheap digital with probe on amazon, and also a link to a very good IR temp gun in the $20 range if you so choose.
You can also go to pretty much any petstore now a days and pick up a digital with probe end for under 10 bucks usually. But if you want to buy here are the links: (links direct you to amazon.com)
I'd spend the 8 or so extra dollars on the one I linked to. It has a lot of features you will wish you had if you buy the repti one. But that will work if you want to use it, as long as your basking surface is a common material such as wood or brick.