The problem with the HID lor LED lights is that the spectrum that they put out isn't correct for the plants, that's the purpose of the MH lamp and the HPS lamp. I'll have to do a UVC search, I've never heard of it before.
Hi I was just wondering what people's opinions were on putting my panter in my plant room. I have a small room where I grow orchids and a few other tropical plants and I was thinking of putting my ambilobe in there. The temps/humidity are fine for him but my concern was the lighting. I have HPS...
OK so the plan will be:
switch to 1 tube UV
make sure he can't see the snakes
calcium without D3 except for 1-2x/month
get him natural sunlight when the weather permits
Did you guys see any other points of concern in my husbandry, or have any other suggestions for someone relatively...
the hood I was just using for overall light so I figured I'd put in reptisun for all 3 bulbs. I use a regular ceramic dome for the basking spot. I never really gave it much thought.
Cage Info:
Cage Type - 24x24x48 screen
Lighting - there are 3 reptisun 5.0 bulbs on a 12 hour schedule with a 100w powersun basking bulb
Temperature - low of 77 daytime, basking spot of 92, ambient 82, night low of 75 measured with an infrared thermomiter
Humidity - ambient room humidity...
Hi I have a male blue bar ambilobe panther that is about 10 months old. For the past few weeks he has been really pale. His blue is almost white and his red is a very light pink. He hasn't colored up, even during a photoshoot where he was being handled quite a bit. He is eating/dringking well...