Can’t keep plants alive

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Klyde O'Scope said:
Do those really have colored LEDs?
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Yes sir, they do. You can also control the whites, the blues, and the RGBs. You can even make them all one color if you want, so if your chameleon is a tiktok boy you can make them red or if you want it to be like moonlight you can make it that pure white with no blue or anything. Or if you want to have a chameleon rave it’ll change to all the colors. It even has a remote control which I like, I don’t like touching the chameleon cage cause then I feel like I need to wash my hands so I just keep my remote clean and use that instead. :D
 
Klyde O'Scope said:
That's kind of where I was going... Colored lights... Chameleons... Here's a discussion:
https://www.chameleonforums.com/threads/colored-lights.180370/

Dude, we're in the Age of Covid—I'm washing my hands 20 times a day as it is without handling any reptiles! :eek:
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But at the same time colored light is what grows plants. As the member mentioned and most know light is made up of every color, a prism proves this as it separates them and that’s why we see the rainbow. But red, green and blue light is best to grow plants with. I really don’t think any colored light will hurt a chameleon. And I don’t mean this to sound like a two-second researched professional but I’ve dealt with lights a lot in the reef Hobby, and I was in the reef Hobby for a good while.

Also do you really need to wash hands after holding a chameleon? Like washing hands I can see. But like if he crawls all over my sweater do I need to change?
 
Van_&_Alec said:
But at the same time colored light is what grows plants. As the member mentioned and most know light is made up of every color, a prism proves this as it separates them and that’s why we see the rainbow. But red, green and blue light is best to grow plants with.
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Air is what sustains most life on our planet—animal & plant—and is made up of many gasses. More or less of some of these gasses (messing with the natural proportions) can affect life positively or negatively. But put a living thing in a pure atmosphere of any one of those gasses, and it will die.

Messing with the spectrum is also going to affect the way different animals' vision works—the world may look different, strange, frightening or unsettling to them, causing undue stress. Most animals are used to white light.

Van_&_Alec said:
I really don’t think any colored light will hurt a chameleon. And I don’t mean this to sound like a two-second researched professional but I’ve dealt with lights a lot in the reef Hobby, and I was in the reef Hobby for a good while.
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I'm not the one to address that, except to note that:
  1. Chameleons aren't plants
  2. Chameleons aren't fish
  3. Chameleons aren't exposed to non-white light in the wild.
  4. IDK for a fact, but red & blue might very well mess with chameleons' ability to see into the UV spectrum.

Van_&_Alec said:
Also do you really need to wash hands after holding a chameleon? Like washing hands I can see. But like if he crawls all over my sweater do I need to change?
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I may be... hyper-aware/sensitive to this; there are several veterinarians and other medicos in my social circle. However, reptiles (and/or amphibians) can carry:
  • Salmonella
  • Botulism
  • Leptospirosis
  • Mycobacterium
  • Campylobacter
  • Aeromonas
  • Escherichia coli
  • Klebsiella, Serratia
  • Flavobacterium meningosepticum
  • among others
All of which can make humans ill.

TBH, IDK which ones might survive/transmit from clothing. I don't allow my reptiles directly on my clothing. I have a set of (dollar store) towels I bought specifically for this, and drape one over any clothing my beardie is likely to come in contact with—then toss it in the reptile laundry and get a clean one for next time. With the chameleon, I wear short sleeves, and I have changed the few times he's gotten away from me and crawled onto my clothing.

Am I overly cautious? Maybe, but it's not a big deal to me, and doesn't lose me any sleep.

I did have a scare a short time ago—got a stomach bug, even though I hadn't been out of the house in weeks. Turned out to be... minor, but it's still a bit of a mystery.

IDK how your immune system is, but at my age and life experience, mine sux.
 
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Klyde O'Scope said:
Air is what sustains most life on our planet—animal & plant—and is made up of many gasses. More or less of some of these gasses (messing with the natural proportions) can affect life positively or negatively. But put a living thing in a pure atmosphere of any one of those gasses, and it will die.

Messing with the spectrum is also going to affect the way different animals' vision works—the world may look different, strange, frightening or unsettling to them, causing undue stress. Most animals are used to white light.


I'm not the one to address that, except to note that:
  1. Chameleons aren't plants
  2. Chameleons aren't fish
  3. Chameleons aren't exposed to non-white light in the wild.
  4. IDK for a fact, but red & blue might very well mess with chameleons' ability to see into the UV spectrum.


I may be... hyper-aware/sensitive to this; there are several veterinarians and other medicos in my social circle. However, reptiles (and/or amphibians) can carry:
  • Salmonella
  • Botulism
  • Leptospirosis
  • Mycobacterium
  • Campylobacter
  • Aeromonas
  • Escherichia coli
  • Klebsiella, Serratia
  • Flavobacterium meningosepticum
  • among others
All of which can make humans ill.

TBH, IDK which ones might survive/transmit from clothing. I don't allow my reptiles directly on my clothing. I have a set of (dollar store) towels I bought specifically for this, and drape one over any clothing my beardie is likely to come in contact with—then toss it in the reptile laundry and get a clean one for next time. With the chameleon, I wear short sleeves, and I have changed the few times he's gotten away from me and crawled onto my clothing.

Am I overly cautious? Maybe, but it's not a big deal to me, and doesn't lose me any sleep.

I did have a scare a short time ago—got a stomach bug, even though I hadn't been out of the house in weeks. Turned out to be... minor, but it's still a bit of a mystery.

IDK how your immune system is, but at my age and life experience, mine sux.
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But this light’s red blue and green get mixed into the white it’s tons of white LEDs and some RBG in the middle I’ll take a pic
 
Klyde O'Scope said:
Not necessary. What if you lose enough of the white LEDs to skew the balance?
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Then you just turn the blue and RGBs off and it’ll keep the rest of the whites you have on. I just put him in and he was real happy to go in so I don’t think he’s bothered. I tried just white but it looks more full with the others. He’s unbothered and I haven’t seen any scientific evidence it’ll hurt him and it matches his UVB look wise so I figure it’ll be fine.
 
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