first of all, you don't need the undertank heater unless the temperature gets below 60-65 degrees at night. Also, you can't keep two dragons together unless they are babies (like yours) or they are both females. You will need another setup for one of the dragons pretty soon (probably by the time they are 6 monthes old). The only time you can have a male and female together is breeding season, and that's only if you want them to breed.



So you will need another tank setup, but I'll also tell you how to improve this one. As far as the temperatures go, ditch the undertank heater, and do one of these two things. You can get a different branch, one that gets within 6" of the light would probably be about right for you. You'll also need a the branch to be wider than the one you have if you plan on using it when the bearded dragon gets older. They don't like to bask on anything that isn't at least as wide as their body. If you can't get the higher basking spot somehow, then I would suggest adding another light. You could get another 150 watt bulb, and then have it on some sort of dimmer (zoomed makes a rheostat that's relatively cheap and can handle up to 150 watts). Then you can adjust that one accordingly and keep the current one at full power.



Basically tall tanks call for tall basking spots though. I have a tank that's 25" tall (and can be seen down the page, labelled something like "sidney's new tank". But I got a tank that was designed with a glass top with the heat lamp inside the tank, and the vents on the side. This holds heat in a lot better so the temperature can go up to 115 degrees 18" below the light if needed. I have a nice basking setup with multiple levels and temperature ranges. To give you an idea of what I mean, my cork bark slab is off a little to the side of the bulb, and low, with a temperature in the mid to upper 90's. Directly on the low part of my basking branch which is directly under the light (and the cork bark is leaning on it, creating a hiding spot in the 80's-90's), the temperature is around 105 degrees. Then as he goes up the basking branch, it is off to the side of the light, and it remains in the upper 90's. You have to look at the pics to understand what I'm saying, but basically it's good to have a basking sight that has different temperature zones.



But mainly, 2 dragons together is a no no.



later

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