New 100 Gallon Screen Cage

[beardeds7587]

give me some ideas of what i can put in it and allso.....what size watt heat lamp i need i have a 6 month old female veiled chameleon going in it ... i have a 5.0 uvb..... ...i got vines and a bunch of fake plants and one pothos and a lil dripper what else should i put in there ....any ideas i will love to hear ...Thanks

 

[Manik6]

A hisbiscus plant or shefflera. That would be good for the bottom. The pothos would be good to hang from the top.

 

[VeiledOwner87]

give me some ideas of what i can put in it and allso.....what size watt heat lamp i need i have a 6 month old female veiled chameleon going in it ... i have a 5.0 uvb..... ...i got vines and a bunch of fake plants and one pothos and a lil dripper what else should i put in there ....any ideas i will love to hear ...Thanks

all depends on the dimmensions of it. but i am guessing it is a flexarium? if it is, i would recommend a potted tree of some sort. ficus or schefflera. hibiscus trees suck, they are hard to take care of indoors. other than that, be creative, were not going to design your cage for you . your 5.0 is good, but what brand is it? also we cannot tell you what watt heat lamp you will need. but to reach a basking spot of up to 85F, you could use maybe a 50-60W incandescent house bulb. it all depends on where you live, and what the temps fluxuate at, its trial and error on your part, you will have to play around to get what you desire.

the fake plants will fill out bare spots nicely, but dont over do it. fake plants suck for holding in humidity, especially in a screen cage that big. all i can say is drift log and live plants, i advice no hanging plants since a flexarium is not stable enough to support that, it will work, but the top will cave in emmensily, and for any type of drift wood, search up threads to know how to properly sterilize them. hope this helps friend

 

[pssh]

If it's made of a dark mesh-y material, a 5.0 isn't enough. A 10.0 would be more suited for a flexarium or reptarium.