Wow. Thanks to everyone for all of the helpful replies. As I said, I'm waiting til Spring in order to do more research and procure the best setup possible. I am a cham newbie, but am keeping three huge lizards (2 argentine tegus, 1 dumeril's monitor) and 1 ackie. I want something smaller but just as exotic. I do realize I'll have to keep whatever cham I get out of the big lizard room. I have the AVS book and have read most of it. Here's a question: I'm using mercury vapors with my tegus. Do you thing I should use them on the cham, or am I better off with a flourescent? I talked to someone that told me the UV is heavy from the mv's only for a short time. Also, I live in central KY. I'd like to keep the cham outside in warm months. Does the humidity in the region make this a bad idea? I've pretty much narrowed my choices down to veiled, Oustalet's, or Meller's. You guys are a lot more congenial than my bretheren on the always contentious varanid forum.

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