5'x2' is a great size to use for a single adult dragon. Gives them plenty of space to move around and you have the room to put in a large wide basking spot to give the best range of temps for your dragon to choose from. This is the size I used for my first bearded dragon and the same size i plan to use for my current bearded dragon.



In my first bearded dragon cage I used a 4' double florscent tube fixture. I placed a 8.0 (didn't have 10's at the time) and a full spectrum green house type bulb for the light. This seemed to work great, especially when the first tank I had was natural wood color, not white. My new tank I will be using white painted wood (will get pics of the new setup once I finish building it). I decided not to use malamine because of the weight and it does cost more. But i am starting to think the extra work and time, is starting to make it not as worthwhile to build light. Then again it could mostly be due to the fact I have little room to build in, sigh.



Anyway, I posted mostly to show off my old tank. My new tank is of similar design. Now if I can only find a piece of driftwood like the one I used to have....









Now here is the cage all setup and with Splatt my old bearded dragon...I still miss her...sigh.








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