Hi thereHi I am new to the forum, I just bought my grandson a beardie and am looking for the correct information to get his setup correct. And of course the correct care for him as well. I have a 4ft x 2.5ft x 1ft fish aquarium I will be using temporarily. Where i bought the beardie I thought I seen a post it that said his hatch date was in april but he is only 7or 8 inches long does that sound correct? It just doesn't sound right to me after doing some research... so anyway... I also have a chameleon and breed my own dubia, I use miner-all vitamins for my cham I was wondering if I can use those for the beardie as well? I am going to use a topsoil play sand mixture as the substrate for him with live plants. I have some aloe plants, chick's -n- hens and I would like to maybe do some pathos as well. I know I will need to use a che at night as my house gets cold at night like 60° and I was going to get an arcadia t5 12% for him, but the guy I bought him from said I can use one of the basking bulbs that puts out uvb it is not a coil bulb or a tube it looks like a nano tech basking bulb but I didn't really read itand I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with that. I was wondering what your thoughts are on that. I have paid for my beardie but have not brought him home yet as I want everything correct first so I thought I would start here. I would greatly appreciate all the help I can get.
I posted on the other dragon forum website for youHi I am new to the forum, I just bought my grandson a beardie and am looking for the correct information to get his setup correct. And of course the correct care for him as well. I have a 4ft x 2.5ft x 1ft fish aquarium I will be using temporarily. Where i bought the beardie I thought I seen a post it that said his hatch date was in april but he is only 7or 8 inches long does that sound correct? It just doesn't sound right to me after doing some research... so anyway... I also have a chameleon and breed my own dubia, I use miner-all vitamins for my cham I was wondering if I can use those for the beardie as well? I am going to use a topsoil play sand mixture as the substrate for him with live plants. I have some aloe plants, chick's -n- hens and I would like to maybe do some pathos as well. I know I will need to use a che at night as my house gets cold at night like 60° and I was going to get an arcadia t5 12% for him, but the guy I bought him from said I can use one of the basking bulbs that puts out uvb it is not a coil bulb or a tube it looks like a nano tech basking bulb but I didn't really read itand I'm not sure if I'm comfortable with that. I was wondering what your thoughts are on that. I have paid for my beardie but have not brought him home yet as I want everything correct first so I thought I would start here. I would greatly appreciate all the help I can get.
You very accurately described the interaction between dragons and plantsLive plants are a cool idea, just expect them to get eaten, walked over, climbed on, pooped on and just destroyed in general
Except you get one of those docile dragons everyone talks about
I agree with J4ckdaw, at 8 months the dragon should be bigger. IF the hatch date is correct. Check for sunken fat pads or visible hip bones, thise are good signs the dragon is underweight and/or dehydrated.
The supps you use for the cham should work just fine.
As for the light, I'd get the Arcadia 12% tube as you can't really go wrong with those. If the bulb was a mvb or a hdi bulb you could use them but they are crazy expensive and your dragon would only get uvb when he is basking.
Long story short: tube style uvb and a dimmable incandescent bulb is the best in my opinion
Live plants are a cool idea, just expect them to get eaten, walked over, climbed on, pooped on and just destroyed in general
Except you get one of those docile dragons everyone talks
Ok yeah I have one with d3 and one with out so I can do that.Miner all is good stuff, since it has D3 just use it once a week lightly, use calcium w/out D3 the other 2-3 X a week lightly.
He is super sweet we held him at the reptile shop and he just relaxed, looked around, licked us and when he started getting stressed we put him away. I am not a complete Newby to beardies I have friends that have them. So I do know some behaviors. One of my friends doesn't pay attention to the behaviors and if he wants to hold him even when the beardie doesn't want it he doesn't care he just says he's fine.And that's a standard 55 gal. tank, it will work until you get the new enclosure built. See how friendly the dragon is, you can handle them if they are chill but not too much for the first couple of weeks.
Ty sorry I wasn't sure where to goMoved by Moderator from General to Enclosures
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