Currently have a 3-4 month old female veiled chameleon.
IIRC, we touched on this before... The only light(s) I run 12/12 are the plant lights, because that's often the cutoff for short/long night plants.
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Thank you, didn't want to do this conversation on the other thread since it touched base on something else but I do appreciate you coming over to this one and explaining!!!IIRC, we touched on this before... The only light(s) I run 12/12 are the plant lights, because that's often the cutoff for short/long night plants.
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/what-are-short-day-long-day-plants
As far as UVB, early morning and late afternoon, most UVB is filtered out by the atmosphere.
... so I have my UVB set to come on an hour later—and turn off an hour earlier—than the plant lights. This has the added effect of extending the usable life of the UVB bulb by up to 2 months.
Basking lights—as have been mentioned—can also be shortened, depending on species and ambient temps. (No sense in having a basking/heat lamp on any time the ambient temp in the enclosure is at or above basking temp.) I have my basking lamp set to go on & off with the UVB, but during warm weather, I shut it down earlier (I just have to remember to turn it back on for the next morning!
You're so educated , I love reading all the forums on this site. People probably thing I'm annoying liking stuff from 2+ years ago haha I just can't stop reading & learning.IIRC, we touched on this before... The only light(s) I run 12/12 are the plant lights, because that's often the cutoff for short/long night plants.
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/what-are-short-day-long-day-plants
As far as UVB, early morning and late afternoon, most UVB is filtered out by the atmosphere.
... so I have my UVB set to come on an hour later—and turn off an hour earlier—than the plant lights. This has the added effect of extending the usable life of the UVB bulb by up to 2 months.
Basking lights—as have been mentioned—can also be shortened, depending on species and ambient temps. (No sense in having a basking/heat lamp on any time the ambient temp in the enclosure is at or above basking temp.) I have my basking lamp set to go on & off with the UVB, but during warm weather, I shut it down earlier (I just have to remember to turn it back on for the next morning!
Although now I'm interested. I thought uvb was 12 hours ? So 9 to 9 8 to 8 etc. Can you tell me your schedule like time to time lol. Just wanna get a good idea.IIRC, we touched on this before... The only light(s) I run 12/12 are the plant lights, because that's often the cutoff for short/long night plants.
https://extension.oregonstate.edu/news/what-are-short-day-long-day-plants
As far as UVB, early morning and late afternoon, most UVB is filtered out by the atmosphere.
... so I have my UVB set to come on an hour later—and turn off an hour earlier—than the plant lights. This has the added effect of extending the usable life of the UVB bulb by up to 2 months.
Basking lights—as have been mentioned—can also be shortened, depending on species and ambient temps. (No sense in having a basking/heat lamp on any time the ambient temp in the enclosure is at or above basking temp.) I have my basking lamp set to go on & off with the UVB, but during warm weather, I shut it down earlier (I just have to remember to turn it back on for the next morning!
OK, I learned the... less soft way to sync lights with the Sun (It just makes things easier for me). Looking up my local climate data, I found that during EST, noon really is noon; the Sun rises & sets exactly the same length of time each way before & after.
O that's really cool. Thanks for explaining lol.
I have the basking branches at the length they need to be at for the uvb and heat bulb but the plant light is bright so I wasn't sure if that could just sit up their or not!
If it doesn't have heat I'm pretty sure it can just sit on top.
I don't like to sit anything directly on the screen mesh, because over time, it will stretch & deform the mesh. I prefer to support lights on slats of wood that keep them just above the mesh, and transfer the weight to the frame.
I have everything sitting on boards right now besides my heat lamp! I love that idea for cutting the board for the uvb light, going to have to do that with my new light fixture coming in today!!! I also realized that was going to weigh down the screen after just setting it up there so I got boards up there asap. Just wasn't sure if there was a certain distance the light needed to be from my little girl or not!!
A UVI meter (Solarmeter 6.5x or DIY equiv.) is the only way to tell for sure.
