whats better to use

[japcarsBrett]

Hi, guys here in England its already starting to get very cold :evil: and at night my thermostat has come on to give out some heat as it drops to 20 degrees (67 F) so i have bought a ceramic bulb for the night so it doesn't wake me and the mrs up , anyway lately i have kept the ceramic bulb in during the day as it gives of the same temps as a incandescent bulb which i have always used i use a 100 watt bulb and i get between 100-105 F at the basking spot and at the cool end 83-85 F which are great, and im using a 100 watt ceramic bulb and i get the exact same temps at the basking spot and cool end all day which is great, so my question is would it be better to keep the ceramic bulb in permanently as i did read somewhere that they are better as they wont be to bright for the beadies eyes and they heat the beardie up better as it uses infrared and uva and warms them up better in there skin bones and helps with the digestion better than a incandescent bulb?
Can anyone point me in the right direction of which one is best to use?
Thanks.

 

[diamc]

You would be better off staying with a bright white basking bulb, it increases their activity level which also helps with their appetite. A white bulb also helps so that their eyes don't get irritated from the UVB light.

A ceramic heat emitter is supposed to only be used at night or during the day in a large tank when you need extra heat and the basking bulb isn't giving you the temps you need.

What size tank are you using? It is possible that the 100 watt CHE will be too hot for nighttime use as they need to be cooler at night in order to sleep comfortably.

 

[japcarsBrett]

hi thanks for your reply, i have a 4ft tank i was only really going to use the CHE at night as it is getting very cold now and temps drop down quick, i have a dimming thermostat so at night the CHE it will only come on when the temps drop down to 21 degrees and builds up to 24 degrees then starts to dim and roughly stay at 24 degrees till the morning this is at the basking spot so it takes a while till the heat gets to where he sleeps on the cool side of the tank in his cave at night.