Heatlight is burning my plant

[Sarahloveshercham]

Hi guys. So I have a repti glo heat light (75watt) and it seems to be burning my plant. I don't want my plants ruined and I'm scared I'm going to overheat my Cham. I have 4ft by 2ft screened reptibreeze cage.

 

[CharlieCharmingo]

What kind of plants do you have? Some plants can't stand the constant heat from the lights.

 

[JacksJill]

Your best bet is to get a laser thermometer and check your basking spot and other areas with it to be sure.

 

[Sarahloveshercham]

What kind of plants do you have? Some plants can't stand the constant heat from the lights.

Oh man I can't remember the name of them now but if you look at my previous post you can see pictures of the plants. Also do you think 75 watts is too hot?? Previously I was using this 75 watt night bulb because it wasn't burning my plants but my Cham never seemed to bask in it so I switched back to this one and now it's burning my plants again ://

 

[JacksJill]

Looks like you have a pothos and a corn plant. Looks like your corn plant might be getting too much water, judging by the brown leaf ends. That doesn't look like burns to me. Is that what you are seeing?

 

[Sarahloveshercham]

Looks like you have a pothos and a corn plant. Looks like your corn plant might be getting too much water, judging by the brown leaf ends. That doesn't look like burns to me. Is that what you are seeing?
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I'll post some pics of what I'm talking about. I'm just worried because when I kept him in a smaller cage the heat lights defiantly burned the plants and I don't want that to happen again. It's very little because when I saw it was (what I thought was burning) I put the night heat light on to prevent further burning

 

[JacksJill]

If it was at the top nearest the lights I would agree it was burning. That is either not enough of the right king of light or too much water. It happened to ours. It almost died until I got it outside and out from under the mister/dripper. You can try adding small gravel & sand to the bottom inch of the pot to increase drainage or deflect the daily water off of it and only water it weekly.

 

[Extensionofgreen]

Draceana are sensitive to chemicals in water and salts from metals and fertilizers. If you are using anything besides RO water or distilled water, change your water source. Draceana also don't like to be too wet or their soil too dense.

 

[Sarahloveshercham]

Draceana are sensitive to chemicals in water and salts from metals and fertilizers. If you are using anything besides RO water or distilled water, change your water source. Draceana also don't like to be too wet or their soil too dense.

I'm using water with a decholronator, you know the drops you put into water for fish.. not sure if that's exactly RO water

 

[Extensionofgreen]

I think that those drops do more for the keeper than they do to condition the water. If they work by binding to the chlorine or other elements, then the binding action may be disabled by evaporation, if is the soil of a potted plant.
Distilled or RO water is best for the plants, chameleon, and your mist system.

 

[OldChamKeeper]

Those are not burns