I have been using them for about a year now 10 hours per day for basking lights in my carpet cham cages. Have not noticed any temperature loss. Basking area is right around 91
You have Jackson's right? So would be running them at a lower temperature
Just to create a small warmer area in a top...
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These work well for a small focused basking area. They can also be hooked up to a plug in dimmer switch to control temps.
DS large atrium. About 5 months.
Make quad
Lighting: 2 jungle dawn LEDs and LYR quad
Microfauna: springtail, giant canyon, and spanish orange isopods
Soil: sunshine organic and abg mix
Plants: schefflera, heart leaf philodendron, pothos, orchid, and coleus.
24x24x18 exo-terra. 1 year
Male...
I hear you. I started thinking about way to improve on the next build right after I finished this one. I think your lighting will work great. Just got to watch as things fill in, and prune branches/vines back so it's still getting to the bottom.
Looks awesome, and no the lighting isn't overkill. You're going to need it if you plan on planting the bottom, and to get to the lower portion of the schefflera/ ficus. Especially when the plants start filling in.
I am running into that issue now, and need to do some pruning in mine.
My set up...
My wife just keeps quoting silence of the lambs whenever I'm misting them.. "It puts the lotion on its skin".
I only have a few isopod species, and 1 donated roach. Ivories are doing good @jamest0o0 .
You're gonna need several messages to get photos of all yours in:D
I was lucky enough to find some of these guys. Fingers crossed I can get a colony going......
This panel is 22"x 44", and took approximately 4 cans. Once it is cured you can sand it, or carve it to any shape you want. If you wanted it to look like rock you could use silicone and spread colored sand into it.
I agree with the notes above regarding the lighting and feeders/supplementation. Also am sure you put a lot of work into the waterfall/tank portion of the enclosure but it simply isn't a good environment for a cham. I would stop using it and empty out the tank portion.
Check out posts by extensionofgreen , jamest0o0 , and a great ground up build by Brodybreaux25 titled "bioactive mentor" . I got basically all of the tips/information from reading these guys posts.
My Carpets came from Tim Marks. Also Frank Payne, and Kevin Stanford have them available...
Good morning Andrew. Minnesota to Florida...that's going to be quite a climate shock for you:D. Hopefully somewhere near the beach.
Glad to hear he is doing well, and yes they are a pretty shy species especially when adjusting to new surroundings. If you're cup feeding him try getting a shot...