Night time lighting

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Night time lighting

Postby SensualTheRogue » Sat May 24, 2014 4:19 pm

So i live in Melbourne and it can get pretty cold in winter here at night, i feel like there's a high chance for the temperature would go below 15c in the tank at night, how could i prevent this from happening? I was considering some form of light but i am unsure what kind i should use.
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby Jeff » Sat May 24, 2014 4:25 pm

Your best bet is a ceramic heat emitter (CHE) or a red bulb. You don't want to use visible light at night for blueys because they are diurnal. Those two heat sources don't produce any light that is visible to your skink.
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby Susann » Sat May 24, 2014 8:29 pm

Or an under tank heater, heat tape, or heat cord, to heat from below.
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby SensualTheRogue » Sun May 25, 2014 8:38 pm

Jeff wrote:Your best bet is a ceramic heat emitter (CHE) or a red bulb. You don't want to use visible light at night for blueys because they are diurnal. Those two heat sources don't produce any light that is visible to your skink.


When you say red bulb do you mean UV?
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby MechHAN » Sun May 25, 2014 8:54 pm

SensualTheRogue wrote:When you say red bulb do you mean UV?

Just heating bulb...red just make it darker that won't bother the sleeping skink
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby Jeff » Mon May 26, 2014 2:33 pm

Most reptiles, including blueys are believed to be unable to see red light at all. Red light is invisible to them, so you can use it for heat without the side affects of giving them visible light at night.
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby malmgrdc » Tue May 27, 2014 7:41 pm

For what it is worth, I keep my mercury vapor bulb and my red light on 12 hour timers and I adjust for sunrise and sunset every other week. Fred sleeps peacefully at night with the red bulb and it keeps his terrarium at proper temps at night.
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby Tom » Fri May 30, 2014 6:21 pm

Overhead radiant heat panels work well for this too. I set them on a thermostat and they maintain ambient day and night with no risk of burning my animals.
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby Richard.C » Sun Jun 01, 2014 1:24 am

Yep they are great for that tom,and have a larger surface area and can be set up to make a nice gentle nite warmth/back ground temps
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Re: Night time lighting

Postby kmelt93 » Sun Jun 01, 2014 9:19 am

I have this "moonlight" lamp for a new skink (If I ever get one :( )

Would this type of night light bother them? I would only use it in the winter since DC can get cold.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00063 ... UTF8&psc=1
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