I'd like to start off by saying I have the best wife in the world who actually suggested I get a bearded dragon AND that I keep it as the showpiece of our living room.



So, I'm planning to build a cage for a bearded dragon. I haven't decided, but it will either be 2'X4' or 18"X5'. I'm leaning toward the longer, narrower one. Anyway, the main question I have is about lighting. From all of the info I can gather, I THINK it might be best to go with a 48" strip light with a UVB tube. But, which bulbs should I use? Is one 10.0 enough? Is two 5.0's a better option? What if I get a double flourescent fixture, put in one reptisun 10.0 and one normal bulb? And then of course a heat lamp. Would that be a decent setup? I know the flourescents have to be changed every six month. I use a mercury vapor lamp on my egyptian tortoise, but it seems like that might not be the best option for a long tank. What do you experts think?
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