After my post about Repti-Zoo MVB, I came to a conclusion that new lights are a must. So I got to work and made some DIY lamp stands for a hanging lights setup.
Huge thanks to @Littleredfootbigredheart for compiling a thread with an endless amount of visual examples of properly done enclosures, where I found an idea for this lamp stands.
As pictures demonstrate, MVB is gone. New setup includes 60W incandescent bulb for a basking spot, Repti-Zoo Pro T5 Lighting Combo 10.0 UVB 24W for UVB and a 5000K LED lightbar for additional light. Everything is on timers, heat and LED are on 11 hours, UVB is on 3 hours.
1. Basking spot currently gets right on temps suggested by @Tom : 37C at Kleants shell height, and it keeps ambient temp in basking area around 38C. I did buy the 100W bulbs suggested by @Alex and the Redfoot , but they were too hot - over 60C ambient(my thermometer doesn`t measure past 60C, it just gave out), over 75C directly under the bulb. So I just went to a store again and bought same bulbs, but less powerful. Basking bulb now is brille R-63 60w bulb, I have a set of bulbs with different wattage (40-75w) to correct temps if needed.
I`m aware of low humidity, substrate is now freshly redone properly, with some water spraying it should stay around 60%.
2. Repti-Zoo Pro T5 Lighting Combo 10.0 UVB 24W - was the only available option in terms of T5 UVBs, currently mounted at 40cm height, can go lower, sadly can`t go higher. Instruction manual says it`s compatible with any T5 UVB, so I may get my hands on better T5`s in the future, hopefully lamp itself will turn out to be reliable. I got some UVB checking cards, they read healthy amount of UVB coming out the lamp(solarmeter is way over my budget for now, and it`s unavailable around here).
3. Finally, I got new D3 calcium supplemment because Kleant oftentimes refused to eat his food sprinkled with Tetra ReptoCal supplement. I think the smell might be the reason, it kinda smelled like chicken spices, maybe some vegetables in it made it smell that way. New supplement is Terrario Bozza Calcium with D3 which doesn`t have any smell to it, I sprinkled it on Kleants todays meal and he ate all of his greens without any troubles(you can see his nostrils are covered in calcium in the photo above), so I`m exited to keep an eye on him eating it.
That`s it for now, I do look into adding some greenery to an enclosure, can`t find the right sized plant (bought a lavander that turned out to be way too big).
Huge thanks to @Littleredfootbigredheart for compiling a thread with an endless amount of visual examples of properly done enclosures, where I found an idea for this lamp stands.
As pictures demonstrate, MVB is gone. New setup includes 60W incandescent bulb for a basking spot, Repti-Zoo Pro T5 Lighting Combo 10.0 UVB 24W for UVB and a 5000K LED lightbar for additional light. Everything is on timers, heat and LED are on 11 hours, UVB is on 3 hours.
1. Basking spot currently gets right on temps suggested by @Tom : 37C at Kleants shell height, and it keeps ambient temp in basking area around 38C. I did buy the 100W bulbs suggested by @Alex and the Redfoot , but they were too hot - over 60C ambient(my thermometer doesn`t measure past 60C, it just gave out), over 75C directly under the bulb. So I just went to a store again and bought same bulbs, but less powerful. Basking bulb now is brille R-63 60w bulb, I have a set of bulbs with different wattage (40-75w) to correct temps if needed.
I`m aware of low humidity, substrate is now freshly redone properly, with some water spraying it should stay around 60%.
2. Repti-Zoo Pro T5 Lighting Combo 10.0 UVB 24W - was the only available option in terms of T5 UVBs, currently mounted at 40cm height, can go lower, sadly can`t go higher. Instruction manual says it`s compatible with any T5 UVB, so I may get my hands on better T5`s in the future, hopefully lamp itself will turn out to be reliable. I got some UVB checking cards, they read healthy amount of UVB coming out the lamp(solarmeter is way over my budget for now, and it`s unavailable around here).
3. Finally, I got new D3 calcium supplemment because Kleant oftentimes refused to eat his food sprinkled with Tetra ReptoCal supplement. I think the smell might be the reason, it kinda smelled like chicken spices, maybe some vegetables in it made it smell that way. New supplement is Terrario Bozza Calcium with D3 which doesn`t have any smell to it, I sprinkled it on Kleants todays meal and he ate all of his greens without any troubles(you can see his nostrils are covered in calcium in the photo above), so I`m exited to keep an eye on him eating it.
That`s it for now, I do look into adding some greenery to an enclosure, can`t find the right sized plant (bought a lavander that turned out to be way too big).
