what type of lighting do i really need

[coldbloodedAL]

All you need is a basking bulb, I use a 40W or a 60W normal household bulb, a 5.0 reptisun linear UVB tube, you can also use reptiglow which I use. As long as your room doesn't drop below 55F-60F she'll be fine. IF it does drop below 55F-60F, you can purchase heat emitters that don't produce light and ONLY use them if your room does become that cold and honestly I doubt it will unless you live in a cold country.

But Chameleons require complete darkness to sleep so NO light at all night.

^^^ Good advice here.... Just to give you some assurance, your Graceful will be fine with out a night light.. Actually she will be better!

 

[brittbrit93]

well i wake up at 7 and get home at 3

 

[mcleodschams]

both heat and uvb

 

[mcleodschams]

they need ten to twelve hours of heat and uvb everyday

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

Both the basking and UVB, they need 12 hours on and 12 hours off or buy yourself a timer.

 

[mcleodschams]

you came to the right place to ask questions you will get all the right answers believe me welcome to the forum

 

[mcleodschams]

timer works best then you just have to worry about misting and a dripper and of course feeding what did you buy for suppliments

 

[brittbrit93]

when i turn the heat on it goes up to 100

 

[brittbrit93]

i have a baby humidifer =) and i have calcium dust stuff that looks like crack
can u tell me what other stuff i need

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

Is your heat connected to a thermostat? It controls how hot it needs to me and the wattage of the bulbs plays a part to.

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

They need 3 different supps which I mentioned before

 

[James45]

100 seem way to hot to me in a glass terrarium your gonna cook the poor little thing. Do you have a basking light on top of the cage if so you may need to elevate it off the top of the cage about 1foot of switch the buld to a lower watt regular house bulb like a 40 watt.

 

[mcleodschams]

it should be about 85- 90 under the light where she perces and 75 or so everywhere else you need calcium without d3 every feeding and with d3 once every 2 weeks also a multi vitamin once every 2weeks and mist 3-4 times a day plus have a dripper going also do you have live plants yet they help keep humidity up

 

[brittbrit93]

idk? i have two themomters in there i cant spell sorry and i have a hydrometer in there as well and the heat just comes from the lights
what is a basking light?
i have a daylight which is this dome looking light bulb that likes to bust when u wet it and a heat lamp thats also in the dome thingy isnt a day lamp the same as a basking lamp?

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

2? Hmmm but yeah get a lower the wattage ASAP to much heat can cause death or rapid dehydration and bad burns.

 

[mcleodschams]

i have an exxo terra the same and a 40w clear bulb is perfect!

 

[mcleodschams]

yes 100 way.... too hot

 

[ChameleonFan1989]

Ever been in a green house on a hot summer? It's scorching O_O imagine how the Cham feels.

 

[brittbrit93]

can u write out a list for the light i should get
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so i can take a picture of it with my phone bc im going to my petstore tomorrow

 

[mcleodschams]

here is my set ups you can see my lights are up above the cage not on it i raise them till i get the correct heat and the uvb is set on the cage