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i built a new enclosure for my water dragon, it's a 50 gallon tank, half of it land/rocks and the rest is water. the water is maybe a little above room temperature.
whenever i wake up in the morning and check on it, he is very dark in color, almost black. i keep a moon light on at night to keep the thing warm.
any ideas?
many sepcies do this when they first wake up and have not warmed up yet, i have a water dragon too and he does that along with a bunch of my other stuff. if you are really worried, which you shouldn't be, get a heating pad or a night ublb.
A 50 gal tank is pretty small for a water dragon. How old is he?? What type of heating and lighting do you have?? And what temp/humidity guages do you have???
Water Dragons need day temps of about 82 - 88 degrees, and probably 95 in the basking area. Plus, about 75 - 80 at night. When they are cold, they will turn darker. What is the water temp??? I change mine out every morning, just to be sure it is clean and warm. Some ppl have heaters in the pools, and pond filters.
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