As long as you get the temps you need at the basking spot and your cham can’t burn itself, you’re good. Hold your hand under the lamp. If it’s not burning you, you should be fine.
No burning, just a lil toasty on my hand ? the vine that’s under the bulb is reading 84 to 86 to 88. it fluctuates. my enclosure is for a baby panther. he’s not here yet.
Sounds good to me. How are you elevating your dome and what’s the other dome for?
i have a hook screw hanging on the ceiling, and i have a bungee cord from the hook to the fixture.
it’s not uncomfortable at all! it’s just a little warm but nothing where it’ll burn my hand at all. currently i’m getting 84-86 degrees. i have the vine ziptied to the screen, i can remove and reposition it if you guys think it’s too high. the fixture is at a slight curve as well
sounds good
What UVB bulb are you using? There is a certain height they should be away from the basking branch. @Beman is my go to UVB expertsounds good
i’m using an arcadia 6% t5!
Gotcha, how did you hang your UVB?
I don't have mine hung... I have a quad that sits directly on the cage top. My UVI level out put is different then your single bulb fixture.
“I usually choose the T5 HO 6% in a single bulb reflector mounted 6″ above my cages as my standard approach.” does that mean 6 inches from the basking branch? or 6 inches from the top screen?
6 inches from top screen... So if you were to do it the way Bill suggests then you would have the T5 up 4 inches above the top screen then from the top screen to basking branch it would be 5 inches.
sounds good, i just have no idea how to mount a t5 fixture... it’s super weird
Theres two metal plates that are for wooden viv attachment, im placing these into a shelf above my mesh cage, you could also suspend it with wires from roof. For reptibreeze xl size chrome shelving 610mm deep and wide enough to accommodate is over 200 quid. I don't have room for one those and you already got reptibreeze base which would make it redundant if you got one.
