lighting??

[chelsie]

the bottom of the cage seems to be dark any ideas on how i can brighten it up some how. I have a 5.0 uvb tube light and a 50 what fluorescent light. The cage is 27"x27"x48"

 

[chelsie]

see the bottom is dark !!!

 

[MATT2504]

the bottom of the cage seems to be dark any ideas on how i can brighten it up some how. I have a 5.0 uvb tube light and a 50 what fluorescent light. The cage is 27"x27"x48"

That's nature i am affraid! just look at it as if it was the real forrest floor, so far it seems like your setup is bang on. Your viv does'nt have to be 100% 24/7 sunshine, just remember what a real Amazon/Madagascar forest would be like!

 

[chelsie]

lol sweet deal i enjoy trying to find her its like hide and seek. i just moved her to her big girl cage yesterday im adjusting to it just as much as she is

 

[camimom]

You can put a light at the bottom if youwant, but this might mess with your temps. Maybe trim your plants inside the cage a bit??

 

[chelsie]

my plants are not all that big they need to grow ill post a pic of my set up

 

[chelsie]

this is my cage set up i plan on getting one more plant a ficcus benjamin

 

[camimom]

Do you only have one light on your cage right now?

 

[chelsie]

No i have two i have a 5.0 uvb tube light and a 50 what fluresent light too. You cant really see the uvb light to wll

 

[fluxlizard]

I use daylight cfls to get to the bottom of the enclosure. The lighting isn't full spectrum, but bright and natural looking to human eyes. You can get 100 watt equivalents fairly cheap, they are actually only 26 watts but supposedly bright as 100 watt incandescents and the light gets down to the bottom. In bigger cages 150 and 300 watt equivalents are available at lowes, and these are very bright with lots of penetrating power and still not a lot of real wattage for the light.

 

[chelsie]

is that safe to do i dont want to hurt my chams eyes

 

[fluxlizard]

why would it hurt your chams eyes? Daylight cfls are not UV producing- they just have a high cri... I've been using them each winter for 3 or 4 winters and never had a problem with adults or baby chameleons...