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I am currently building a 4'x2'x2' cage out of melamine with sliding acrylic doors. I have a 36" uvb for it but I'm wondering about my basking light. Is it safe to just put a ceramic fixture attatched to the top? (75watt or 100watt?) also will just these two lights make it bright enough?
TIA
Marilee
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It has been my ezperience that it is safe to put a ceramic fixture attached to the top. I have made a umber of cages doing so and never came into any problems. I normally run about a 75 watt bulb but thats for an 18" high cage. Youd prolly have to go with a 100 watt in a 24" high cage. Here one i made, where the lighting is a lil different. It does a good job with keeping temps up and lighting the whole cage.
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Almost forgot, that cage is a 4x2x2 and i couldnt figure out how to light it but keep the pull open top like i wanted it. I decided to get an adjustable ceramic fixture and mount it on the back of the cage wall. I really like how it turned out...
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0.1.0 Adopted Beardie (Sissy)
1.3.2 Bearded Dragons
1.0.0 15 year old Eastern Box Turtles (Radar)
0.1.0 Brown Basilisk (Leroy, I know shes a girl!)
1.0.0 Columbia x Argentina Redtail Boa
Leos
1.0.0 SHTCT Baldy
0.1.0 SHCT
0.1.0 SHT
0.4.0 Hypo Tangerine
0.2.0 High Yellow
0.1.0 Jungle
2.3.0 Tremper Albino
1.1.0 Pattenless
6 Babys hatched
22 Eggs cooking
Great idea...thanks! I hadn't thought about the adjustable light!
Marilee
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1.2 Bearded Dragons (Dezirae, Artimis & Papi)
0.2 Dogs (Timex & Brady)
1.0 Sulcata (Speedy)
1.1 Hamsters
1.2 Horses (Joey, Joi & Crystal)
0.2 Beta Fish
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