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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:48 pm    Post subject: what light and heating in 4ft viv Reply with quote

hi we have taken in a pair of old royals about 11 years old males.
in the process of building a new 4ft x 2ft x 2ft vivarium
thier old one is not as big and im not happy with the heat and lights.
i need some sort of guide to what heat they need.
they have a heat tube around 15 / 18 inches long and a strip light
i dont think this is enough even though the temps are not bad
they always feel cold to the touch and are very slow.
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 9:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

have you measured the temps with a infa red gun or thermometer?
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PostPosted: Sun Jul 20, 2008 10:00 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

we have used both, gun says cool end 83.4f hot end 88.1f
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PostPosted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 10:15 am    Post subject: Re: what light and heating in 4ft viv Reply with quote

andy&ros wrote:
hi we have taken in a pair of old royals about 11 years old males.
in the process of building a new 4ft x 2ft x 2ft vivarium
thier old one is not as big and im not happy with the heat and lights.
i need some sort of guide to what heat they need.
they have a heat tube around 15 / 18 inches long and a strip light
i dont think this is enough even though the temps are not bad
they always feel cold to the touch and are very slow.




Hi
the setup i use for my 3 foot viv is i have a heat bulb exoterra infra red fixed to a dimming stat so then i have a warm end and a cool end
i do not recomend using the strip light at all if it one of those uv ones i been told it can damage their eyes.

hope this helps
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