temp right

[petcrazy16]

my bearded dragon is in 3 and half ftx 18 x 24 viv my question is is my temps correct my viv is heated by one 100watt infa red heat bulb the temp under the lamp id 39.2 c warm end is about 90c and cool end is 24c . Today Tango has spent a lot of morning on and of his basking rock. From about 5pm he has been in the cool end asleep. I have got a water fall in the cool end. Have I got it about right.

 

[PatsyB]

My brain is a little fried this week to do the conversion so you'll have to do it. How old is your beardie? Babies need their basking temp to be around 107 degrees F where adults should have a basking temp between 95-100degrees F. Do not use a red light or any other colored light. During the day you want to mimic natural daylight as much as possible and at night it needs to be completely dark. So during the day you need a white basking light and at night if it's cold you need to get a ceramic heat emitter.

Be very careful with a waterfall in your tank. Humidity should be between 40-60% with 60 being real high. Too much humidity could cause either a respiratory infection or even possibly some sort of bacterial infection.

What are you using to measure heat?

 

[petcrazy16]

I am using a digital thermonter to record tem I have got a 100watt cermatic heater I am using a infra red red basling bulb at the mo should I change back to the cermatic one?

 

[PatsyB]

During the day you want to use a white basking light to mimic day light. Do not use a red light/blue light/purple light or black light, at any time of day. They are very sensitive to colors and can see lights and colors that we can't see. If your tank gets too cool at night, below 65 degrees, then use a CHE.