I have two dual 24" tropic blaze fixtures from lightyourreptiles.com. EXCELLENT products and customer service. Do it right the first time and use them. My chameleon is happy and so are my plants. High quality lights and bulbs.
Started a colony in February with no extra heat. Growth was slow. Now that we are having summer temps I've seen my rabbits, I mean dubia roaches multiplying.
Absolute darkness is ideal but moonlight is natural light that chameleons experience. My house gets down to low 60's in winter. The temp change is actully very healthy for most chams. Mine is a veiled and it is common to have temps in the low 50s in their natural habitat.
I have pothos and ficus in my enclosure. I'm fortunate to have the cage in front of a sunny window and both get plenty of light. I also have 2 dual tropic blaze fixtures with two 6500k bulbs and a plant pro bulb. My plants are doing well. After adding my ficus to the enclosure it dropped 50% of...
If your girlfriend is an "experienced" breeder she must know that as a consensus a bigger enclosure is recommended for juviniel to adult Panthers and veilds. Just get the XL and be done with it. If you want the Ferrari of cages get a Dragonstrand.
I agree with the poop treatment of chameleons at major chain pet shops. All we can do is not give them business. How many new unknowledgeable cham keepers start with, "I felt bad so I rescued a chameleon from Petsmart." If nobody buys chameleons from them they will find it not cost effective to...
Check out Lightyourreptiles.com and email Larry any, and I mean any questions you have about lighting. I have two dual 24" tropic blaze fixtures and they are excellent. I'm running two 6500k bulbs, a 5.0uvb bulb and a plant pro bulb. Excellent products and excellent customer service.
The monsoon will malfunction after a short time. If you can return it and get a mistking. Do it right the first time. Send Larry an email from lightyourreptiles.com. Explain your set up and he will suggest what bulbs you need.
I suggest more vertical branches for climbing. Load it up. Save up for a light fixture from lightyourreptiles.com. It will make a big difference with your chams health and your pothos. Also invest in a misting system like mistking. It will help with humidity and hydration. Ultimately you should...
I know that people have been happy with the cantina as far as getting their cham to drink goes. I ordered one and gave it a try. The pump is WAY too loud. It's actully annoyingly loud even on lowest flow rate. I didn't even install it in my enclousure. Not sure if they are all as loud as mine...