24/7 viewing with AP enclosure?

Hey guys,

Been looking around the caging forum and still cannot find a solid answer. I am looking into getting a AP terrarium and would like to have the option to have a 24/7 lighting so I can see my animals at night. Is there any sort of lighting I can get for this cage that wouldnt disrupt the natural rhythms of the snake?

Do you never sleep? LOL... just kidding. AP (though it's not on their site yet) does offer LED lighting for their enclosures. Red, Blue, Green, or white, I believe, if you want to order from them. If you want night-time viewing lights, I would suggest red LED's with a dimming capability so that you can turn them way down at night. There is plenty of controversy over snakes seeing colors, but it seems that dim reds may be the most unnoticeable to them.

I have a color changing led strip in both my t8s. The snakes seem to come out more in dim red light rather than dim blue light. I actually turn their lights off when it gets dark outside. Even though the cages are in the living room with the TV on and lights on, my big guy will come out of his hide and hangout in his cage. If I'm up at night I'll just switch the lights on in the living room quick to see if their out.

I have 2 T8s with the red led's and 2 with the blue led's. I definitely prefer the red ones for night viewing. My red IR heat bulbs stay on 24/7 on my carpets enclosures.

http://i1319.photobucket.com/albums/...pstvxlqkmm.jpg

Inexpensive, 100% water proof and easy to mount.

http://www.lightyourreptiles.com/arc...reptile-cages/

They come in red or blue moon light.

The lens is wide open here, and this is not a true representation of the amount of light thrown off. The lights are significantly dimmer than shown, plus I have two additional lighting gadgets on here.

http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/DSC01283.jpg

I use a timer for my day time LED strips, and then provide moon light from around dusk until I got to sleep and then they are blacked out. However, I have left the blues on overnight.

http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/IMG_2596.jpg


If I want to take a cage shot, I'll use both day time and night blue just to make it look nice.
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/IMG_2635.jpg

http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/IMG_2656.jpg

http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/IMG_2640.jpg

Just an option for you. I've seen others that look equally as nice, but these are light weight, reasonably priced and work well.