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Wattage Question

RAG66 Aug 14, 2004 09:48 PM

Hi, Im housing some ackies in a 10 gallon and running 24/7 light cycles does anyone have a sugestion the room is always 70 or above. Would a 60 watt work could for producing nice hotspot and gadient for these little fellas

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SHvar Aug 14, 2004 10:06 PM

My ackie has a 188f basking spot at 8 inches, my albigs use 2-4 bulbs each and their basking spot is 156-165f. I think a 60 watt would be too hot for an ambient temp in an ackie cage unless it was really big. You have to try it before you put the animal in it.

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