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He's chilly Keith at the minute! damn brand new Habistat thermostat isn't working. Had everything set up days before he arrived and the first morning after having him the day time heat wouldn't kick in and he was stuck on night time heat. I moved the sensor of the thermostat and turned the dial...

He has arrived My panther chameleon has arrived. His name is Keith Peterson.

I don't hate the bugs I actually eat them and feed my chameleon lasagne. I really dont. That was a mere joke as I indeed tonight had lasagne and not bugs and I don't have a Chameleon. He arrives tomorrow and he wont be eating lasagne. He will eat bugs. I don't share my lasagne with anyone.

UV tube stater arrived at the shop today and is in place and lit up! I need reflectors though. I'll order them now.

Stanly, Thank you for the advice. I must say having them in pots comes in at a very close second to actually planting them in. I may just use that option. Kind of the best of both worlds. To be honest I set out with a quest to provide the best home for my first chameleon and I'm at the stage...

Jojackson your welcome.

Hi Jojackson, I stand defeated. For now! Everything back out of the tank and re-set with plain old paper and artificial plants. I'm going to keep it simple while I mastermind my bigger goal. Im just struggling to get everything right so I'm going back to basics and I will work on the...

Theres one by Lucky Reptile called super rain and I think that has a filter that creates a complete circuit.

Ethan! Does it have the ability to suck up water from the terrarium? As in a complete cycle, reseviour, rain, pump out of terrarium and then through a filter or back into reseviour? Pray tell!!!

Ok, this is where I'm up to. I've been in contact with my local museums herp' department and they have an amazing Panther Chameleon exhibit. What they said may sound controversial but I'm giving it ago. I’m creating a false bottom, bare with me. The substrate I’m using is a material that is...

ha ha. I knew I was right to work on the tank without getting the chameleon. It donsn't take much to confuse me when lighting and heating a terrarium are concerned. I just want to get everything right so I don't have problems in the future. I don't think the dimmer and ceramic emitter are...

Im in very much the same situation but I'm using a large glass terrarium. But the light and heat have got me vexed. I have two tubes, one 2.0 and one 5.0 reptiglo from Exo-terra. Their documents on UV stated these two bulbs for chameleons. I then need to heat the little guy, day and...

WyteAnjal, all very good advice and I will take it on board for when the Chameleon (eventually) arrives. Nice to recieve so many positive comments and advice as forums usually just shout read the threads! However on that note, I have looked through many but there are so many! Its good to get...

Jojackson, I'm going to our reptile place today so I will see what options they have. They may sell the ceramic heat emitter. I only bought the infared bulb becuase I have a lot of dealing with hoof stock and they can't see infared light. So I think I'm just about sorted on the heating. If I use...

My house will fall below that temperature. I will run the terrarium using the infared bulb on the dimmer and see what temperatures I'm getting at night.

(JRH3 it is a Panther Chameleon)

Jrh3, my apologies, it is indeed a tube. I bought a 2.0 tube and a 5.0 tube. Haven't decieded what to plug them into yet as I posted a second ago. A canopy or lighting unit and reflector.

I've bought an Infared heat lamp and bulb (150w) with a dimmer stat night/day so I can set the temperature. Do I need a basking light too? do I need a different way of heating the terrarium. My confusion is here, do I use the Exo-terra 90cm canopy that has space for my two tubes and it has 3...

I have an infared basking lamp that is thermostat controlled. Will this keep the whole terrarium warm or do I need an extra heat source? If I place the sensor under the heat lamp and set the temperature I would imagine it would create a nice gradient in the tank. Then maybe I need a basking...

Jojackson, I'm most certainly not put off by a challenge and I'd like it to look really good. As you say, I have some time so I'll plough on with some more research. I have my UVB bulbs (2.0 & 5.0) but nothing to put them in yet. I'm really taken by the Exo-terra light cycle unit becuase it says...