Lighting Placement

[ChameleonLady]

I am starting to put my chameleon cage together. The cage is assembled and I am working on lighting placement. It will be for a baby ambilobe. Should the heat lamp go in one of the back corners and the UVB in front of that from left to right? How far should the closest branch be from heat lamp and the UVB? Should the hottest temps be at the screen or at the highest vine?

 

[nightanole]

Get the uv light to provide as much coverage as possible (and the cham can get as close as it wants).

Have the basking light setup so its at or below 90F at the closest point the cham can get to. You could even mount it at an angle on the side of the tank if its a screen cage.

Its a baby so it might be able to hang from the top of the cage, so the light needs to be setup so the cham can never get close enough to get above lower 90's temps.

Ive had people setup the tank so the branch is at 93F, then they forget chams have bodies and the top of the head is 3-4" closer and they burn the tops of their heads...

 

[ChameleonLady]

Get the uv light to provide as much coverage as possible (and the cham can get as close as it wants).

Have the basking light setup so its at or below 90F at the closest point the cham can get to. You could even mount it at an angle on the side of the tank if its a screen cage.

Its a baby so it might be able to hang from the top of the cage, so the light needs to be setup so the cham can never get close enough to get above lower 90's temps.

Ive had people setup the tank so the branch is at 93F, then they forget chams have bodies and the top of the head is 3-4" closer and they burn the tops of their heads...

Thank you. This is helpful