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RE: Hatchling Nile Cage Pics

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Posted by: shottz at Wed Nov 16 14:03:01 2011  [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by shottz ]  
   

The new cage will have the bulbs in the insides. I bought these nice mounting sockets at Lowes that is going to work great and help phantom all the wires.



The monsoon only turns on for 5 mins every 5 hours. It keeps things just right for now, reason I did it because if I get called out and I am not home to spray, I don't have to worry the monsoon will take care of it for me. My girlfriend can feed it, i just dont trust her with my mister :P.



The megarays are 50.00 each BUT the one I am using is from my beareded dragon cage. After a year to year and a half the UV dims and they need to be replaced but they still put out amazing heat after that year. So I get extended use out of the bulbs. This one I am using is about 3 years old now. They seem to never burn out. That is why I have wire around the bulb though because per infred heat gun, it says 400 degree for the bulbs surface temp. I like it though because the bulb can make a 140 degree hotspot from a good distance away and the lizard still cant burn itself due to the wire.



The new cage won't have these megas rays in it though because I think it will make the inside ambient temp way too much having the bulb inside the cage. I found some 75watt floodlights on sale the other day and bought one to test it. I think these will work well in the new cage if I makea line of a few of them on the basking spot.


   

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