Forgive me if you know some of this already but your post sounded like you bought him on a whim without doing much background. Dragons have very different husbandry requirements to chameleons.



A 20 gal is fine, your bulbs sound good, just make sure you have a temp gradient from 80F upwards, with a basking spot of around 105F. I hope your baby is on paper towel or shelf liner, and definately not sand or any other particulate substrate. Dragons like it hot and dry.



Feeding is small crickets no larger than the space between his eyes, 2 - 3 times a day with as many as he/she will eat in 10 - 15 minutes. Dont be surprised if he sucks them up like a vacuum cleaner, they have voracious appetites at this age. Salad such as mustard greens, squash etc... should be finely grated and made available at all times. Be sure to dust one of load of crickets every day with a good calcium supplement, and it pays to dust the salad with a vitamin supplement such as t-rex dragon powder. do not expect the baby to eat much salad. Do not feed the baby mealworms or waxworms, although small silkworms are an alternative to the crickets. If you have to move him to eat then do so, although soon he should be good in his tank (once he gets the hang of it).



This is my advice from my experience with Fuego, and learning from the mistakes I made early on. I'm sure there are more experienced handlers out there who may have alternative advice or who may wish to add to the areas I missed.



Welcome to the world of b. dragons, and lets see a pic of the baby soon.
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Ross



1.0 Bearded Dragon (Fuego)

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