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07-24-2005, 06:37 PM
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Night time temps for ackies...
I was reading Pro-Exotics's ackie caresheet today, and it said that a night-time temp of 80*F was necessary to avoid RIs. I don't want to have to have to switch bulbs at dawn and dusk so I'm wondering if either a CHE or Red Bulb could be used 24/7 instead of switching from normal light? When the baby gets bigger and is moved to the adult cage that I plan on building, then I could have two lamps (one normal, one red), but I don't think two heat lamps and a UV lamp would work on a 20L while he is still small... I have two weeks to tinker with the temps before the baby arrives... Any suggestions?
-Drew
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07-24-2005, 08:39 PM
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I think
Flexwatt is the ticket, if you get a piece of 3" 6watt of the proper length, you can leave it on all the time, you can build a dimmer switch in the summer to cool it down, but it will provide a nice warm spot yr. round and I have never had to replace any flexwatt and I use lots of it. I run it about 85-95 all the time for the babies and they sleep on or very near the warmest spot.
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07-24-2005, 09:10 PM
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He would still need a basking light for the day though, right?
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07-24-2005, 09:12 PM
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yes
UVA and UVB both, The active UV lamps supply both, but they can give off quite a bit of heat as well so you need to be able to raise the bulb as needed.
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07-24-2005, 09:16 PM
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I was planning on using Repti-Sun 10.0s, but wanted to make sure I couldn't just use flexwatt for the heat... I know that with BDs you are only supposed to use heat tape as a secondary heat source because they need the light to understand that the basking spot even exists...
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07-24-2005, 09:18 PM
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Just to add to my previous post, for small cages I use incandescents and for the big BD cage I use a halogen and an incandescent... I will probably use a halogen for the ackie as well as I know monitors love heat.
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07-24-2005, 11:06 PM
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I would set it up with the 10.0 and a basking light, put the flex under the basking area. put them both on a timer about 12 hrs for the babies. It should be set up about the same as your dragons, but we do not use heat lamps at night, just flexwatt.
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07-25-2005, 06:52 AM
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#8
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So heat tape is the way to go... Thanks!
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