I'm interested in picking up leopard geckos as a hobby. I've read over hundreds of leopard gecko websites and care sheets, but I'm still confused by the dozens and dozens of different bulbs, thermostats, day night timers, etc.

I planned on purchasing two or three leopard geckos and a 20 or 30 gallon tank. Calci-sand would serve as the substrate, and heat would be provided by an under tank heater (Zoo Med, to be specific) and a day night timer (one bulb for daytime, and one for nighttime).

How would I combine the day night timer with the thermostat? Do I simply plug the day/night timer into the thermostat? And what bulbs do I use for day and what bulbs do I use for night?

Help would be greatly appreciated.

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• Heating and lighting confusion. - tophatpianist, Mon Mar 19 19:07:24 2007
• RE: Heating and lighting confusion. - AlteredMind99, Mon Mar 19 21:01:36 2007
• RE: Heating and lighting confusion. - Shellabelle1980, Tue Mar 20 11:31:23 2007
• RE: Heating and lighting confusion. - crazyjharris, Tue Mar 20 11:33:23 2007