New here and to beardies

[apatz01]

Hello all

I'm new to beardies and my daughter and I got our first yesterday. I was told it was a red citrus. Can you all tell me if this is true and I can get better pics if I need to. Also from reading on here I think I got the wrong lighting can you tell me if the is too much or ok for a ten gallon set up thanks


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http://www.petco.com/product/124152/Zoo-Med-Bearded-Dragon-Lamp-Combo-Pack.aspx

 

[dylanravenj]

As for the color morph, it's hard to tell if you don't know the dragon's lineage. He is definitely a cute little guy though!
A ten gallon tank is really too small for a dragon as they need to be able to regulate their body temps with the use of a cool spot. A ten gallon tank isn't large enough to allow the dragon to escape the basking light to cool off if he needs to. I would move him into at least a 20 gallon long tank.
Also, I would definitely sack that UVB light. Compact UVB lights like that give off rays that are too concentrated and can burn the corneas of reptiles. Definitely remove it as soon as you can! Replace it with a Reptisun 10.0 florescent tube. You can get them cheap on amazon or on petmountain.com. You can also find the fixture for the bulb for around 12 dollars at hardware stores such as Home Depot

 

[apatz01]

Alright thanks for the information. I knew better to buy that bulb bit it was a combo pack lol. Should have known from my fish keeping experiences. Oh well.

I took your advice and ordered a tube 10.0. And here is my update for day two. Moved dragon to 20g long got a food dish and water dish. Got rid of the uvb bulb and talked to the breeder to see if one of my small t8 bulbs would work till I got the one I ordered he said that would work for a temp fix. In place if the uvb bulb I filled the light holder with a ceramic heater just in case it gets to cold in my daughter's room. Might use the 10g for a cricket farm.

My next question would be there is a few local I insect breeder around here what else other than the meal worms and crickets?

Thanks for the help

More pics of the update and little guy

http://s1254.photobucket.com/user/apatz01/library/

 

[dylanravenj]

You should order bugs online! You can get a large amount for a fairly cheap price. Some good sites are mulberryfarms.com and nyworms.com. You can feed crickets, hornworms, silkworms, Phoenix worms, or roaches. I would stay away from mealworms, they have a shell that is hard for dragons to digest.