What light/heat should stay on all the time

[Italo]

Hi everyone i want to get a bearded dragon but don't know what light/heat should stay on at night time

 

[ProfessorD]

You do need a light at night unless your house gets in the low 60s (Fahrenheit) at night. If it does, I ceramic heat bulb could be used. It just makes heat and no light.

 

[Italo]

Should I keep my basking light on all day long or turn it off at night?

 

[ProfessorD]

Turn all the lights out at night.

 

[EeveeChan]

I turn out all of his lights and leave his heating pad and heat emitter on. A happy dragon, he is!

 

[Lindz0518]

Heat pads are bad for dragons. They cause burns because they are not good at feeling belly heat. You don't need any heat source at night unless the temp falls below 65. It is actually good to let a beardies temp fall at night.

 

[drakedragon]

if it gets really cold at night you can use a heat emitter. my house is pretty cold at night and i forgot to turn jaydens heat emitter on and when i woke up the next morning her temp in her viv was only around 58

 

[Italo]

I got a 40 gallon tank and I'm having trouble keeping the basking area at 105F and I got a 150watts basking light can I put a regular house light beside the basking to get the right temp??

 

[Erok000]

I got a 40 gallon tank and I'm having trouble keeping the basking area at 105F and I got a 150watts basking light can I put a regular house light beside the basking to get the right temp??

 

[Erok000]

I got a 40 gallon tank and I'm having trouble keeping the basking area at 105F and I got a 150watts basking light can I put a regular house light beside the basking to get the right temp??

You could. But what are you using to take temps? I use a 100w in my 40g and could use a 75 instead if I wanted to drop the lamp a few inches.

 

[Italo]

I'm using dial thermometer but I check it all the time with a "human thermometer" and it's accurate... My house temp stay between 70 and 75 F.

 

[sweetpea1981]

when you say human thermometer, do you mean one you would use to check your temperature with? If so you need either a digital thermometer with a prob or a temp gun, the dial theremometers can be up to 20 degrees off in either direction. I have 40 gal breeder tanks and I use 100 watt bulbs and my temps are just fine.