Lighting At Night

[Courtney Cheseborough]

Hello, I have a few month old bearded dragon. I was told by the employees at PetSmart to use a red heat lamp, which came in my starter kit, at night. I've since learned on this forum that this is bad for my bearded dragon's health. My question is if the red lamp is bad for my dragon, what should I be doing as far as lighting overnight? Should there be nothing on?

 

[arbryan9311]

You don’t really need a light at night. If your house falls below 65° at night you can get a CHE bulb to keep the temperature above 65°.

 

[Courtney Cheseborough]

Oh okay, so as long as my house isn't too cold, which it isn't, it's okay for him to be in the dark?

 

[Courtney Cheseborough]

PLEASE DO NOT LISTEN TO THOSE PEOPLE AT PETSMART ------------ they dont have a clue as to what they are talking about ---- GET RID of the RED bulb----------your hurting your dragons eyes and can cause long term eye damage ---- if you need heat in your tank at nite please get a CHE ceramic heat emitter --- you only need it if your tank is falling below 65 at nite ---- you can order them on line from Amazon for like $13 for the bulb and you will need a dome fixture - for the wattage you get -- they come in 75 and 100 watt bulbs -- I have a 100 watt on both my two 120 gallon tanks and it keeps temps 70-75 at nite in the winter -- w/ this being said what kind of set up did you get and what did those people sell you ??? Please tell me so we can get your dragon to stay in good health my guess is they have sold you stuff you do not need or is harmful to your dragon--- dragons need darkness at nite no light the CHE has no light only heat

I've attached an image on the starter kit we purchased. We are not using the sand it came with, and we also don't use the pellets provided. Also attached is an image of our set up.

 

[Courtney Cheseborough]

You don’t really need a light at night. If your house falls below 65° at night you can get a CHE bulb to keep the temperature above 65°.

Oh okay, so as long as my house isn't too cold, which it isn't, it's okay for him to be in the dark?

 

[Courtney Cheseborough]

The UVB is a T 8? Needs to go inside tank cover off the bulb and 6-8 inches from basking spot screen is filtering out 30% of Ray's -- they need darkness to sleep--

What do you mean by, needs to go inside tank cover?

 

[arbryan9311]

Oh okay, so as long as my house isn't too cold, which it isn't, it's okay for him to be in the dark?

correct.

 

[JumpinJellyfish]

Oh okay, so as long as my house isn't too cold, which it isn't, it's okay for him to be in the dark?

At night, it's actually best for him to be in the dark. If he needs heat at night, you want a non light-emitting bulb like a CHE or heat projector. :0)