New to Bearded Dragons

[rob.kolm]

I am done. Put the basking lights on a dimmer and put in a dimmer for the nighttime ceramic. Our house gets done to low 60s at night in the winter and the ceramic will keep it from getting to cold.

 

[beardieX0]

SERIOUSLY?? it's amazing! I wish I was that crafty

 

[MelanieT]

This is amazing! Gives me some ideas to work with to replace our 100 gallon.

 

[jarich]

Looking good Rob! I would suggest getting a reflector for that fluorescent tube though. At that height it wI'll need the extra boosting to really give you the exposure you want.

How are your temps holding now?

 

[rob.kolm]

Temps are doing good now. I just put his favorite basking up another couple inches and it's about 16 inches from the fluorescent now.

I can't seem to find a reflector for a 36 inch t8. I may try and make one out of thin aluminum otherwise I may need to confer to a t5 fixture and bulb. I did paint the roof with bright white paint which should add some reflectivity.

 

[jarich]

Are you in the USA? If so, here is a website you can get them from.
http://www.lightyourreptiles.com/fllare.html

 

[rob.kolm]

Awesome I just ordered

 

[rob.kolm]

I did more research and decided (after getting the reflector) that he will still not get enough UVB with a T8 at my distance. I ordered a 36 in sunblaster t5 with a zoo med t5 HO 10.0 which I will get tomorrow. Based on what I am reading that setup will get me enough UVB at 16-18 inches.

 

[rob.kolm]

New T5 came today and I got it mounted it. Nice thing is that it is a very lightweight grow light fixture that I can suspend from a chain. I now have the T5 with a reflector about 11 inches from his basking spot.

 

[Mushuandcricket]

That does look nice! I might have to copy your Mayan theme

 

[AllTheseKids]

That is so impressive! Totally gorgeous! What a lucky beardie!

 

[Dawn McNair]

That is fabulous! Hope I can come close to doing as well when I do my enclosure.

 

[naturalman91]

new to the site and to dragon's don't have one yet but have been looking for inspiration i like this a lot.

one question... how the heck did you wire up those digital readout and stuff on temps i'm not much of a electrician but if i knew what to get i know people that could help with it

 

[Mushuandcricket]

@rob.kolm where did you purchase that background? I can only find something like that in smaller tank sizes. Your looks like a large background.

 

[rob.kolm]

Sorry been off social media for lent. The company I work for has a print shop. I gave them the photo and the foam board dimensions and they did it for me.

 

[rob.kolm]

The digital readouts are for cabinet cooling from coolerguys.com. One is just temp and the other hooks to a fan to exhaust if the cool side gets over 85.

 

[rdoyle225]

Omg love it