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Thermostats? And bearded dragons?
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[QUOTE="Lobretto, post: 1998264, member: 115560"] It really comes down to space and what basking bulb you use. If your using a smaller enclosure like a 40 gallon breeder then a deep dome with a smaller diameter will help contain the heat but in a larger 4x2x2 enclosure you have room to make a large basking area which will generally be accomplished with a larger diameter shallow dome. Using 90watt par38 halogen flood lamps on dimmers for basking makes accomplishing either style a breeze. For the tighter smaller basking area the deep dome small diameter dimmed to about half to 3/4 power for me makes a great basking area for an adukt beardie but at a set temp throughout. Put the same bulb in a shallow dome with large diameter and don't dim it and you'll get what I have now, a large basking area with temps ranging for the 90s to 115, all I need to do to drop that 115 to 110 is dim the light 5% or so. I like having the large basking area with a big temp range so my beardies can choose where they want to be at any given moment. Like in the mornings they tend to stay in the mid range, then they eat and they'll be at the hottest spot for about 30 minutes to an hour before moving back down to a cooler spot. [/QUOTE]
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