joeychameleon
New Member
Hi I’m Joey and I’m 9. I’m new to Chamaeleon ownership.
With my Dad I set up this new enclosure yesterday and my Panther Chameleon (Leon) seems happy in there. We think he’s about 7-9 months old.
We hope to add a few more plants and smaller branches in the next few days as we know it needs more of those so he can hide away and have more to climb on.
But we also have a few questions we thought we might ask you experts…
1. We have an Arcadia 24W ProT5 14% light that is 55cm long:
a. Do we need another UVB light for the other half of the enclosure? Or should we have a longer one over it all? One longer one seems a waste as much of it would shine on the black central plastic bit on the roof, so that light would not enter the enclosure!
b. Is there a light we can connect to this, to add a plant growing light as the enclosure is in a shady area of the house?
2. The enclosure is a Betta Terra Terrarium 100 x 50 x 100cm and has a glass bottom. We seem to have put a lot of weight in it (clay balls, soil, plants etc). Is there any chance we add too much weight and the glass breaks?! We're trying to make it bioactive, so will be adding more plants, soil etc...
Thanks!
With my Dad I set up this new enclosure yesterday and my Panther Chameleon (Leon) seems happy in there. We think he’s about 7-9 months old.
We hope to add a few more plants and smaller branches in the next few days as we know it needs more of those so he can hide away and have more to climb on.
But we also have a few questions we thought we might ask you experts…
1. We have an Arcadia 24W ProT5 14% light that is 55cm long:
a. Do we need another UVB light for the other half of the enclosure? Or should we have a longer one over it all? One longer one seems a waste as much of it would shine on the black central plastic bit on the roof, so that light would not enter the enclosure!
b. Is there a light we can connect to this, to add a plant growing light as the enclosure is in a shady area of the house?
2. The enclosure is a Betta Terra Terrarium 100 x 50 x 100cm and has a glass bottom. We seem to have put a lot of weight in it (clay balls, soil, plants etc). Is there any chance we add too much weight and the glass breaks?! We're trying to make it bioactive, so will be adding more plants, soil etc...
Thanks!
