Second guessing my choice of UVB tube

[ownedbyP]

My girlfriend has worked in apartment communities for 35 years. You should have seen tbe fit she threw when i first brought them home lol.

Omg poor girl

 

[acidburn01]

Yeah no question about it. Its worth it all.

Omg haha you got a beardie but you were afraid of them? Thank you so much. It really helps to know about your experiences with Nubby

Yesssss we did. We found some eggs in our garden, thought they were snake and I stuck them in a bowl with some dirt. A week later, out popped little garden lizards. My kids wanted to keep them but I was like, ehh we don't keep wild animals. My boyfriend and I said we'd go get a real lizard next week, hoping they'd forget about it since they were 6 and 7 at the time. They did not forget and a week later, we came home with a baby Toothless.

That's our boy. He's not the brightest of lizards but he's the specialist.

 

[ownedbyP]

Yesssss we did. We found some eggs in our garden, thought they were snake and I stuck them in a bowl with some dirt. A week later, out popped little garden lizards. My kids wanted to keep them but I was like, ehh we don't keep wild animals. My boyfriend and I said we'd go get a real lizard next week, hoping they'd forget about it since they were 6 and 7 at the time. They did not forget and a week later, we came home with a baby Toothless.

That's our boy. He's not the brightest of lizards but he's the specialist.

And now life revolves around them

 

[ownedbyP]

Reviving this thread for its original purpose...

I just realized that i bought and have been using 54w tubes.. to be clear, for the setup i have, 24w would be better? She can get as close as 15-20cm to the tube and as far as 50cm. Im mortified, i dont know how i've missed this...

 

[xp29]

Reviving this thread for its original purpose...

I just realized that i bought and have been using 54w tubes.. to be clear, for the setup i have, 24w would be better? She can get as close as 15-20cm to the tube and as far as 50cm. Im mortified, i dont know how i've missed this...

As long as she can move farther away she'll choose what she likes. Try to overlap the basking and uvb with multiple distances and see how she reacts.

 

[ownedbyP]

As long as she can move farther away she'll choose what she likes. Try to overlap the basking and uvb with multiple distances and see how she reacts.

okay, whew. like the baskingspot and the uvb light or the baskinglight and uvb light?

 

[xp29]

okay, whew. like the baskingspot and the uvb light or the baskinglight and uvb light?

Try to arrange so that she can get more uvb than basking in one area, then more basking than uvb in another. And some place she can get closer to both at once. It sounds harder than it reality is. I keep my uvb and basking fairly close to each other then arrange for different heights for my guys to pick from. They generally move back and forth utilizing all the different heights.

 

[ownedbyP]

Try to arrange so that she can get more uvb than basking in one area, then more basking than uvb in another. And some place she can get closer to both at once. It sounds harder than it reality is. I keep my uvb and basking fairly close to each other then arrange for different heights for my guys to pick from. They generally move back and forth utilizing all the different heights.

can i see a picture of what you mean? sorry i just dont quite know how to picture it

 

[xp29]

can i see a picture of what you mean? sorry i just dont quite know how to picture it

Sorry I was slow to respond, I got busy at work.
This is two of my habitats.
I use a mixture of store bought decor and stuff I sourced from nature.

 

[xp29]

All my habitats are set up similarly.
I adjust the uvb either above the screen or below depending on how close they can get to it. I run strong bulbs and I use the screen to cut down the strength if they can get really close to it.

 

[ownedbyP]

Ohh so thats why you have two heat bulbs? One for basking plus uvb and one for more just basking?

I asked in a facebook group again cause i forgot what you guys told me.. the things they told me to do was so opposite this.. They told me that uvb should only be on the baskingspot and to put a LED tube in the reflector for just light for the rest of the tank

 

[xp29]

Ohh so thats why you have two heat bulbs? One for basking plus uvb and one for more just basking?

I asked in a facebook group again cause i forgot what you guys told me.. the things they told me to do was so opposite this.. They told me that uvb should only be on the baskingspot and to put a LED tube in the reflector for just light for the rest of the tank

I actually have the long tube Arcadias in my setups. I have two basking because I keep my house down around 70 degrees and it's hard to keep my ambient temps up in my habitats. In my bigger setups I need a little extra to get it warm enough.

 

[ownedbyP]

I actually have the long tube Arcadias in my setups. I have two basking because I keep my house down around 70 degrees and it's hard to keep my ambient temps up in my habitats. In my bogger setups I need a little extra to get it warm enough.

The 54w 12%?

 

[ownedbyP]

I actually have the long tube Arcadias in my setups. I have two basking because I keep my house down around 70 degrees and it's hard to keep my ambient temps up in my habitats. In my bogger setups I need a little extra to get it warm enough.

Im still not understanding what you mean by overlapping basking and uvb though..

 

[xp29]

Inknow the pictures aren't great, but if you zoom in you'll see that on the driftwood she can stay towards the bottom and get more basking and less uvb. In the middle she gets bith at full strength. At the top she gets max uvb but way less basking. The 2nd basking light she can use without any uvb. That particular dragon uses every combo. She moves back and forth to get the exposure she wants.
The other is similar the basking is behind the uvb and his decor allows him to pick the exposure he wants for each.