greengardenhose
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- Beardie name(s)
- Glenn
Hi guys!
I’ve been having some trouble generating enough heat for my beardie. Initially, I purchased a Fluker’s Repti-Clamp w/ dimmer fixture and have been using a 100w incandescent Fluker’s heat bulb with it. I checked temps with my temp gun and was only getting temps in the mid 60s with that set up with the dimmer turned to the max.
I ended up purchasing a Zoo Med Mini Deep Dome fixture and started using that in combination with the Fluker’s Repti-Clamp fixture with both having 100w bulbs and turned in max (for the Fluker’s the Zoo Med is just an on/off switch) and am now getting temps in the upper 80s (87.6deg to be exact) however that still seems a bit low especially with both 100w bulbs/lamps going at the same time. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
The basking decor is about 12 inches away from the lamps and the probe for the new digital thermometer I bought is laying on the basking decor about two inches below where my beardie lies. Also I’ve heard you guys on the inaccuracies of the temp gun and I just checked and it looks like I’m getting a reading of 87.9deg via the probe thermometer and a reading in the 70s for the temp gun. Here’s some pix and thanks in advance for looking into it!
I’ve been having some trouble generating enough heat for my beardie. Initially, I purchased a Fluker’s Repti-Clamp w/ dimmer fixture and have been using a 100w incandescent Fluker’s heat bulb with it. I checked temps with my temp gun and was only getting temps in the mid 60s with that set up with the dimmer turned to the max.
I ended up purchasing a Zoo Med Mini Deep Dome fixture and started using that in combination with the Fluker’s Repti-Clamp fixture with both having 100w bulbs and turned in max (for the Fluker’s the Zoo Med is just an on/off switch) and am now getting temps in the upper 80s (87.6deg to be exact) however that still seems a bit low especially with both 100w bulbs/lamps going at the same time. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?
The basking decor is about 12 inches away from the lamps and the probe for the new digital thermometer I bought is laying on the basking decor about two inches below where my beardie lies. Also I’ve heard you guys on the inaccuracies of the temp gun and I just checked and it looks like I’m getting a reading of 87.9deg via the probe thermometer and a reading in the 70s for the temp gun. Here’s some pix and thanks in advance for looking into it!