Hello all,
This is my first post and I am really excited about my family's two new juvenile about 5", Beardies. We adopted them on Sunday and I have a few questions for the experts here to hopefully help me out with. So I purchased an enclosure similar to the exoterra 18x18x34 (it has a single hinged glass door on the front instead of 2 other than that they are identical). I bought a light canopy that houses 2 25w sockets mounted horizontally. I've put the reptiglo uvb 10.0 and the reptiglo 2.0 full spectrum in the canopy. So I guess I need a basking light now too? The temperature in the enclosure is only getting to 83 degrees F. So my questions are the following...
1) Can I replace one of these coils with a basking bulb? I know they need UVB so obviously the 10.0 has to stay.
2) I don't want to ruin the look of the canopy and enclosure by just placing a single lamp on top of the screen in front of the compact housing. What can I do here?
I'm sure im not the first person to encounter these issues. How can I get them all the light and heat they need without making my setup look junkie. I am on the verge of taking the compact top back and the coil lights and starting over.
Please help.
Thanks.
Z
This is my first post and I am really excited about my family's two new juvenile about 5", Beardies. We adopted them on Sunday and I have a few questions for the experts here to hopefully help me out with. So I purchased an enclosure similar to the exoterra 18x18x34 (it has a single hinged glass door on the front instead of 2 other than that they are identical). I bought a light canopy that houses 2 25w sockets mounted horizontally. I've put the reptiglo uvb 10.0 and the reptiglo 2.0 full spectrum in the canopy. So I guess I need a basking light now too? The temperature in the enclosure is only getting to 83 degrees F. So my questions are the following...
1) Can I replace one of these coils with a basking bulb? I know they need UVB so obviously the 10.0 has to stay.
2) I don't want to ruin the look of the canopy and enclosure by just placing a single lamp on top of the screen in front of the compact housing. What can I do here?
I'm sure im not the first person to encounter these issues. How can I get them all the light and heat they need without making my setup look junkie. I am on the verge of taking the compact top back and the coil lights and starting over.
Please help.
Thanks.
Z