Enclosure help

[reptilefan95]

Hey guys,

Today i went into the pet shop and bought my first reptile enclosure!!!
This is what i bought today:
Tank 24X18X18
UVB light
Substrate
Water Dish(no food dish as i am planning to feed the lizard out of the cage)
I know i need some form of heating, wether it be a heat mat or a infrared light. I want to get something that i can have at 35 during the day and 22 during the night! Its for a pygmy bearded dragon. So would i have to get two seperate things or could i just get one?
Thanks
Please Help

 

[reptilefan95]

Any one?

 

[spydalover]

I have a heat mat with a thermostat for my python which can be set between 5 and 40 degrees

 

[reptilefan95]

thanks any one else???

 

[n1cky83]

are those measurements in inches?

 

[reptilefan95]

Yes in centimeters its 60x 45x45
would a ceramic heat emitter work????

 

[n1cky83]

is that the reptile one brand enclosure if so I have the same one!
I have a 50watt infra red bulb in that enclosure and it heats the basking spot really well high 30's
and i have my uva/uvb of course.

anymore than 50watts in that enclosure if it's the on i'm thinking of and you will cook it

 

[reptilefan95]

Yeah, i have a uvb as well im just wondering how do you heat the tank at night?? i was thinking about either a infrared or a ceramic heat emitter so they wouldnt wake him up but would i have to change the thermostat temp every night? or just turn it off?

 

[reptilefan95]

Oh and its an Exo Terra i got a good deal, everything without the heat lamp and thermostat for 400 so the final price should be about 500

 

[n1cky83]

i got mine for $140 as it was the last one in the store, but mine is the reptile one brand, pretty similar.

 

[reptilefan95]

wow thats cheap, with everything like substate, rocks, wood, and hides and bowls? do you think a heat emitter would work? also would i have to change the pre set temp at night? or should i leave it as the day time temp?

 

[n1cky83]

it didnt include anything other than enclosure but all up it was still really cheap as mine came with a full stand and looks like a proper cabinet, I live in QLD so I dont have to worry about my night temps at is never drops below 20c, maybe in the middle of winter i will , but a 40w moonlight bulb will keep it nice and warm I have already tested it,

 

[reptilefan95]

so do you use the moonlight bulb at night and a basking light at day time?

 

[reptilefan95]

So would i have to get two thermostats or just one? and if i used a basking light during the day what should i use at night? or nothing?

 

[ShaunMorelia]

I use the moon light for heating during the day as well as night for my python.
So I dont see why you need 2 seperate ones for your enclosure. My 100w moon gets 38 deg no worries.

 

[reptilefan95]

do you change the thermostat at night to make it to about 22 or do you leave it at 38, could i do the same with an infrared?

 

[Chris1]

ur beardy will need basking temps between 40 and 45c, its gonna be hard getting a decent cool end in such a small tank,....

Beardies do alot better in a brightly lit tank, so the basking lights should be bright, not red or moon globes or ceramic heat emitters.

 

[reptilefan95]

Its a pygmy bearie so its not gonna be a huge monster, and from what ive heard thats a decent sized tank, so are saying i should not have any heat source at night?

 

[reptilefan95]

bump

 

[Jamisgec]

Its a pygmy bearie so its not gonna be a huge monster, and from what ive heard thats a decent sized tank, so are saying i should not have any heat source at night?

I have a trio of adult pygmy dragons. They do get quite big (even though they are pygmy ). I think that size tank would be to small. It just wouldnt give it enough room to move when it gets older. It would do ok for a while. Also once it gets to summer it will be hard to create a good temp gradient between the cool and warm end.