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Originally Posted by amercnwmn
OOH I think I can actually help here..
I went to a friends house and picked up some nice flat brown stone and bleached them, rinsed them REALLY well, and then I stacked them nicely in my Water dragons tank under his basking lamp.. I also have the UVA/B lamp INSIDE the cage for 12 hours a day..I will have to improv something different when he gets bigger.
If the UVA/B is on top of the screen, unless its the wider screen, it wont filter properly...Doesnt filter hardly at all thru the glass..
Just ask Nicole..She has a site on all the UVA UVB filtering thru certain substances..
Anyways you can place the rock stacks anywhere,
That way he can crawl up to what ever level of heat he wants..
I have some pics of it..As you can see, he really uses it..LOL
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Yea, that's a good method but you have to be certain the stack is stable, glue or something is best. The heavier the beast, the more critical stability is.
Right, narrow screen filters UVB, glass or plastic blocks it entirely. That's why I asked about it earlier. Some pet shop UVB fixtures have a plastic panel over the bulb, no doubt for legal reasons involving burned fingers. If you read the fine print in the directions it may tell you to remove it for full UVB exposure. If its got a plastic panel over the bulb the panel MUST be removed or the beast is getting no UVB.
The best UVB come from Mercury vapor lamps such as reptileUV.com but they're a bit pricey so I think its not going to happen in this case.
