Red LED for night time viewing?

I'm putting together my AP T10 enclosure this weekend and i went out yesterday on xmas eve and got a LED light strip for daytime viewing. So I'm at work thinking, yes i work on Christmas, could i take a stained glass paint and just paint the outside plastic of the light strip red and use it for night time viewing? I know snakes can't see the red spectrum but i don't know much about LED lights so i don't wanna put something in that's gonna make my snake think its always daytime haha. Don't really have the extra money for the expensive colored LED strips i find at Lowe's and Amazon and such and the white LEDs are much more along my price range. Yes i know i could just use a normal red bulb but i really wanna take advantage of the slim profiles and low heat/electric usage and longer life of the LEDs. and Merry Christmas everyone :)

EDIT: its a ball python by the way if it matters

I have LED lights in two enclosures that have about a dozen colors. I only use the red and the white.

I leave my lights off until I am checking on the snakes. I use the red at night and white during the day.

Now three of my tanks have red heat bulbs on 24/7. One tank has a no color heat bulb which I dislike because I can't see inside.


Red LED¥¥¥¥

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hmm ok cool:) so i should be able to just color the plastic covering to get my red lights and save $$$ yay lol my pocket book thanks you :)

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hmm ok cool:) so i should be able to just color the plastic covering to get my red lights and save $$$ yay lol my pocket book thanks you :)

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Since LED's don't put out any noticeable amount of heat I think it will be ok.

As far as the red reflecting enough, I don't know.

Let us know how it works out!

definitely! i can get a regular LED strip for $24. just need to add sealant to one end of it to keep moisture out and the paint should do the rest. if it works and still gives off enough light for night viewing I'll be ecstatic haha

EDIT: that little stool is cute! mental note made to look for small stool haha

The stool is kind of goofy. Being my first plastic enclosure which is taller than most, I found out that I needed a "shelf" somewhat near the RHP to give a hotspot. It's a bit ghetto, but encourages climbing for exercise as well.

The other one set up the same. ¥¥¥¥¥

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The stool is kind of goofy. Being my first plastic enclosure which is taller than most, I found out that I needed a "shelf" somewhat near the RHP to give a hotspot. It's a bit ghetto, but encourages climbing for exercise as well.

The other one set up the same. ¥¥¥¥¥

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Ya I have a pro panels lol my first one and I need a shelf or something for it. I imagine it wouldn't make a difference what wood it was since it would be finished and everything

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Just an option I use.

Pretty easy install, inexpensive and totally waterproof.

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Just an option I use.

Pretty easy install, inexpensive and totally waterproof.

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Is that fiber optic decorative lights? That's much brighter then I would of guessed!

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Well my first trick didn't work but I'll post what I tried anyway. I got some cheap stamping ink and just ran it along the length of the light bar. Honestly it would of worked but the ridges on the model of light I got were to close together for the ink to get in there. If it would of worked I was going to take some paint Sealer to it to make sure it wouldn't fade.

But that didn't work so I ordered some of those colored reading page that DJs use for light filters and wrap it around the light bar and use a hot glue gun it secure it. I know that'll work haha

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Sorry that it did not work. Sounds like round two will be better.

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Sorry that it did not work. Sounds like round two will be better.

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Haha fingers crossed lol had to order the red film off of Amazon bc no one seems to carry it around here

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Is that fiber optic decorative lights? That's much brighter then I would of guessed!

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Sorry I thought I provided a link.

http://www.lightyourreptiles.com/fixtures/led/


The fun little stuff on the top is a battery operated fiber optic light not related to the cage.

This shot is in the very early stages of the snake room, but it shows how the light looks on its own.
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Sorry I thought I provided a link.

http://www.lightyourreptiles.com/fixtures/led/


The fun little stuff on the top is a battery operated fiber optic light not related to the cage.

This shot is in the very early stages of the snake room, but it shows how the light looks on its own.
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/DSC00355.jpg

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Damn that thing gives off a lot of light for how small it looks! And cheep to that actually might be an option. You just got one of them in there?

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Damn that thing gives off a lot of light for how small it looks! And cheep to that actually might be an option. You just got one of them in there?

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Yeah, just one.

I think it is a little deceiving as to how much light is given off.

This is a little more true representation. Room lights on and dim, white cage LED light on as well.

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

You can see it does not over power the regular cage LED light.
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/IMG_2656.jpg

Just the blue in this shot but I think I have 1 room light on as well. I had to enhance the picture here to get more light to see the boa.

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

Maybe for the decent prices go with blue and red. Mix it up for fun!

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Yeah, just one.

I think it is a little deceiving as to how much light is given off.

This is a little more true representation. Room lights on and dim, white cage LED light on as well.

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

You can see it does not over power the regular cage LED light.
http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/IMG_2656.jpg

Just the blue. I had to enhance the picture here to get more light to see the boa.

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

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Ya I'd want red but I didn't realy want it that bright anyway just enough to be able to see her move a little lol

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Ya I'd want red but I didn't realy want it that bright anyway just enough to be able to see her move a little lol

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They are really not bright.

I usually have to open the shutter on the camera or use a room backlight to get good pictures.

I have a regular cage light on here and the blue LED here. You can see it is fairly mellow.

I can't imagine the red would be overly bright.

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They are really not bright.

I usually have to open the shutter on the camera or use a room backlight to get good pictures.

I have a regular cage light on here and the blue LED here. You can see it is fairly mellow.

I can't imagine the red would be overly bright.

http://i772.photobucket.com/albums/y...a/IMG_2635.jpg

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Hmm might keep with trying the red filter trick first then. Need to buy another light bar anyway so might at well test my trick way first. But that's definitely on my list

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OK I finished putting the clear red gell film over the regular LED light bar. Not site if I added the picture right but I'll give this a shot lol
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Hmm OK sorry lol I guess red doesn't show up very well but it is indeed very red haha so final cost.
Led light bar $25 bucks
Red reading\gell film $5

All in all is very but and the snake not in it yet bc my other project is still curing.
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And yes I built the stand in the back ground myself so eh dust lol

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Any questions don't be afraid to ask lol just tired so night lol

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Good job!

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Good job!

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Thanks lol my only worry is that is to bright lol got a better pic hold up

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