Day/Night bulb times?

[savedtolive]

Firs post here on bp.net! I'm a bp n00b, but have learned a lot from this site.
I have 2 bulbs. A Dayglo bulb (blue "full-spectrum" bulb) and a Moonlight bulb. How often should each be on? My bro has a bp and was told the regular basking bulb should be on a timer form 11am-7pm. Is this correct? That would mean the dayglo bulb would be on for 8 hours/day, while the moonlight bulb would be on for 16 hours!
Thanks for all the help! Getting my bp later today and I'm stoked!

[stratus_020202]

Well, honestly I don't know many people who use bulbs on their bps. I have them on my beardie though. His day bulb is on for day hours, and his night bulb is on for night hours. If I don't turn his lights off, and it's dark outside he starts running around his viv making all kinds of noise. Then when it's dark, he just passes out. It's hilarious.

Bulbs really aren't needed for bps though, just FYI. They do fine with belly heat. Of course, if your house has really low temps I can see why you need them. As long as you are keeping the humidity up. They need humidity.

I would follow the day/night cycle outside I guess.

[savedtolive]

Good to know. Thanks. I guess the bulbs would just make for good "viewing pleasure".

[stratus_020202]

Good to know. Thanks. I guess the bulbs would just make for good "viewing pleasure".

Yeah, the night bulbs are cool because they are night creatures. I wouldn't expect much during the day. I have a lot of natural light in my snake room too. It's hard to give advise on different situations.

As long as the temps & humidity are good, and he's eating great. I supposed you can do anything with a balls enclosure, and I have seen some elaborate ones.

Good luck! and Welcome!

[Kaorte]

You might find that the bulbs don't do much good. They actually make it extremely difficult to keep your humidity up.

You are better off without them if your house temps aren't too cold.

[anatess]

The moonlight bulb actually doesn't give out too much heat. It's really just for viewing pleasure so it doesn't suck up humidity either. The dayglo gives out heat and dsucks up humidity. So, my advice is just to maintain belly heat and natural light from a window during the day and then have a nightglo (the bluish moon bulb, not the red one) on a timer at night set to turn on following the sunset to sunrise hours in your neck of the woods.

Welcome to the site!

[savedtolive]

I actually don't have a problem with humidity anymore with the bulbs. Before it was at a constant 46% humidity, but after covering the top with a damp towel, I'm at 61% humidity. With the dayglo bulb, I'm at 91F on the hot side and 80F on the cool side.

[Kaorte]

I don't really consider using a damp towel as a permanent solution unless you are up for changing it out every other day and washing it. It will get moldy if its just left there all the time.