Advice if I have proper set up

Mmounkes

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I have a reptibreeze 16x16x30 cage
It's in a secluded area. My back house. Room stays between 69 and 73 degrees at all times.

Lighting: I use an 18in reptiglo 5.0uvb bulb. With a 75 watt basking bulb. It's 8 inches from the basking bulb to his usual basking perch.

Foliage: I have a devils ivy growing up a totem from the bottom and a standard pothos growing down from the top. I also have a small umbrella tree in the cage with two fake vines that twist all around the cage. I also have two fake vine plans in there to.

I use a dripper for water. I turn it on twice a day for 10-20 minutes roughly each time. I also mist throughly a minimum of two times a day.

My question is that from what I have learned dark colors are a sign of stress. He tends to have a dark stripe down his spine when basking. And usually shows shows some dark colors in pattern most of The day. At night he is like green. I'm just wanting to make sure The little guy is happy. He's about a 7 month old Jackson and I've had him two weeks.

Any advice or comments are very welcome! Post pics of your setups and every your cham!

Ps. In the picture it shows a fountain. I took it out the day I put it in since everyone said they are bacteria breeding grounds. I've also added a few more things to it to. image.jpg
 
I don't have a Jackson but my Panther darkens up when he's basking to absorb more heat. They tend to brighten up when sleeping. I don't think color changes alone are a good way to judge mood. They darken and lighten for so many different reasons. If your Cham was close to black all the time then i guess you could assume there's a problem. Even then, you would need to post in the how to ask for help section for anyone to really give you any info on what might be wrong.
You set up looks pretty good but I would add a lot of horizontal branches to the top half. You really only have one spot he can bask, my guy can bask at several different distances to regulate how warm he wants to be.
 
that fountain in the pic has a carbon filter in it so unless you don't change it when you need to, it wont spawn bacteria.
 
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