does anybody cut all the lights after dark and let the tank go to room temp or use a UTH. I have been using a red bulb for a basking area along 100 to 105 degrees on top of a leaning branch with a 8.0. I have been leaving the red bulb on all night but temps have only been getting into the mid 70's here at night. I figure in the scrub lands where they are from it cools down considerably when the sun sets. I was going to start cutting the light at night when the UV light goes out. Sound ok? If so I am going to get a spot style white bulb. Makes it look all funky with the bluish 8.0 and the red bulb. He has been in a shoebox with heat tape and a small 8.0 but has outgrown it.
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Night drop, baby getting moved out of shoebox into a tank,
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Sure it would be fine to cut all lights at night. As long as the cage temp won't drop under 60-65 he'll be fine without anything for heat through the nights.
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Also, I've heard that unlike snakes, beardies can see the red or "black" light, so it can disturb them when they're trying to sleep. I don't know if this is fact, but it kinda makes sense. I guess the best thing is no night lights at all, and if your room temp gets below 65 at night use a ceramic heat emitter.
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0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)
that he will hide under his log at night when the light was on I did not know that they could see red light but I kinda knew it was bothering him. I learn something new everyday on here. 
Yep even in the winter it never gets below 65 at night. Will be in the 80's at night here soon with no A/C on.
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Beardies are funny like that.
When I first got my baby his cage was near the computers. Well, the computers would be in screensaver mode until about midnight, and I later noticed that my baby was crawling under his paper towels at night to sleep, to cover his head like a blanket! I moved him away from the computers, but he still crawls under his blankets at night.
They're clever little lizards.
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2.0 bearded dragons (Ocho / Domo-kun)
0.1 kingsnake (Rio)
1.0 ferret (Playstation)
1.0 cat (Wally)
0.1 dog (Tima)
