Hi,
I am new beardie owner, we purchased him from a local reptile store at 2 months and have had him at 3 weeks. I have learned a lot over the past 3 weeks and have replaced half of what was in our Beardie starter kit. We had the UVB coil and I replaced it two weeks ago with a Reptisun 10.0 T5, I got the T5 because it sits on a Zoo Med Screen top but is in a ZooMed Reptisun T5 hood. The guy at a local LLL reptile store thought the 10.0 would be better than the 5.0, but it seems like it might be close. I got him a branch where it sits lower to the ground to keep him from being too close to the UVB but he is typically anywhere from 9 to 10.5 inches away from it. The tank is only about 12 inches high (20 gallon tank Zoo Med tank). I don't see any signs where it may be bothering him (yet) but the hood came with a 5.0 bulb and so I do have both and could put away the 10.0 for when he is in a bigger tank. I am okay sticking with the 10.0 or should I switch to 5.0?
I am new beardie owner, we purchased him from a local reptile store at 2 months and have had him at 3 weeks. I have learned a lot over the past 3 weeks and have replaced half of what was in our Beardie starter kit. We had the UVB coil and I replaced it two weeks ago with a Reptisun 10.0 T5, I got the T5 because it sits on a Zoo Med Screen top but is in a ZooMed Reptisun T5 hood. The guy at a local LLL reptile store thought the 10.0 would be better than the 5.0, but it seems like it might be close. I got him a branch where it sits lower to the ground to keep him from being too close to the UVB but he is typically anywhere from 9 to 10.5 inches away from it. The tank is only about 12 inches high (20 gallon tank Zoo Med tank). I don't see any signs where it may be bothering him (yet) but the hood came with a 5.0 bulb and so I do have both and could put away the 10.0 for when he is in a bigger tank. I am okay sticking with the 10.0 or should I switch to 5.0?