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[watts501]

hi, i am getting a couple of ackies next weekend and i am trying to find the correct setup for them.i have a few ideas and plz correct me if i am wrong, i have a 72"x18x18 high viv that i was going to use.i have a 42" uv light tube, i was going to use a 100 watt ceramic bulb on a pluse stat!that substrate was goin to be 50/50 sand and peat with a nesting box (which do i put it in the cool side?)

any pics or info would be great!!

[herp_boi]

hi i use a reptisun 5.0% .temps basking=50-60c max cage temp=28. heating 2 spotbulbs doe sthe job very well.an extreme amount of light!!![/b]
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2.1 Heterodon Nasicus
1.1 Eryx colubrinus
1.1 Elaphe obsoleta linheimeri leucistic
1.1 Varanus acanthurus
0.1 Python Regius
0.0.10 varanus acanthurus eggs.
0.0.31 Heterodon nasicus eggs.
http://www.freewebs.com/njbherps/index.htm

[herp_boi]

in the cool side i have a large hide /shedding box.in the hot side a small sheddin box .substrate wallpaper .
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2.1 Heterodon Nasicus
1.1 Eryx colubrinus
1.1 Elaphe obsoleta linheimeri leucistic
1.1 Varanus acanthurus
0.1 Python Regius
0.0.10 varanus acanthurus eggs.
0.0.31 Heterodon nasicus eggs.
http://www.freewebs.com/njbherps/index.htm

[watts501]

thanks,how do u heat it at night??do u use just one stat for both lights??this could be a stupid question but how do u make sure the basking temp is hot enough cus the stats i have dont go that high?

[Rick_Albig]

My Ackies are housed in a 4x2x2. There substrate is 50/50 soil and sand mix and about 10" deep throughout the whole enclosure. There basking spot is between 130-150f. Warm side 90ish and cool side in the mid 70's, the only heat i provide is the basking lights that heat the whole cage and at night when they go off the room is never below 70 so that's fine. Here are a few (old) pics of the enclosure.

[watts501]

thanks for the pics!i will have a go with the setup and then hopfully if my cam works i will post them!

[Scott W]

hi Watts501

I wouldn't use the ceramic instead I'd go for a spot light on a dimming stat, also make sure the UV tube is positioned so that the lizards can lay within a few inches of it, if you can go for TWO uv lights, 1 mounted along the back wall 3" above the subsrate and one mounted on the ceiling to light the whole viv.

Also add basking stacks under the spot lamp.

best of luck
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[Scott W]

link to stacks & pics here http://www.captivebred.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=512&highlight=basking+stacks
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[watts501]

thanks scott and everyone else at the mo i am just sorting out the viv, one last question would i be better having a red lamp in there for the night cus if the spots come on at night wont that wake them???

[watts501]

thanks scott and everyone else at the mo i am just sorting out the viv, one last question would i be better having a red lamp in there for the night cus if the spots come on at night wont that wake them???