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    Best lighting/heating for tegu

    been looking at tegu's just for fun. What does everyone run for their heat lighting and UV fixture/bulbs? thanks! I'm just wondering what i would need to buy if i wanted to get one of these guys in the future. Maybe start gathering reseach and slowly slowly slowly start to build a cage and gather neccesary lighting and heating over the next year. then save for a while and maybe get a tegu in a year or so. Links to your favorite UVB bulbs and fixtures would be much a99reciated. Thanks!!!
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    I ran two 4ft T5HO fixtures across the length of my cage for the UV bulbs and made my own light fixture for heat. The fixture hangs from the top of the cage via chains so I can raise and lower the lights to adjust the hot spot temp. I then use three 35W halogen flood bulbs (PAR38).

    https://growershouse.com/sun-blaster...ht-w-reflector

    I don't have a picture of my flood lamp fixture, but it is fairly common for monitor/tegu setups so you should be able to find something online

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    Re: Best lighting/heating for tegu

    Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
    I ran two 4ft T5HO fixtures across the length of my cage for the UV bulbs and made my own light fixture for heat. The fixture hangs from the top of the cage via chains so I can raise and lower the lights to adjust the hot spot temp. I then use three 35W halogen flood bulbs (PAR38).

    https://growershouse.com/sun-blaster...ht-w-reflector

    I don't have a picture of my flood lamp fixture, but it is fairly common for monitor/tegu setups so you should be able to find something online

    http://www.savannahmonitor.net/housing/
    Thank you!
    do you think this would be an okay substitute to the light you linked for UVB?
    http://www.homedepot.com/p/ViaVolt-2...V21/203124380#

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    Re: Best lighting/heating for tegu

    I run a 160 watt Mega-Ray Mercury Vapor Bulb over my tegu. Although the bulb is pricey ~$43 on Amazon, it provides UVB and heat.

    If you have any questions feel free to PM me. If I can't provide the answer I can point you in the direction of someone who can.
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    Re: Best lighting/heating for tegu

    Quote Originally Posted by monty_python9 View Post
    I run a 160 watt Mega-Ray Mercury Vapor Bulb over my tegu. Although the bulb is pricey ~$43 on Amazon, it provides UVB and heat.

    If you have any questions feel free to PM me. If I can't provide the answer I can point you in the direction of someone who can.
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    I had tried to PM you but you have it disabled. So here it is.

    Hey, thanks for you help. Do you think this set-up would work good for a hatchling for just a few months? 40 long breeder tank with one powersun uvb bulb and then another extra white light heat bulb. Would i need the 100 W powersun bulb or the 160 W? thanks for you help! this would only be a temporary set up untill i build a large 4x8 custom enclosure.
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    Re: Best lighting/heating for tegu

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    why don't you just answer on here? you've read the post already i assume.
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    Re: Best lighting/heating for tegu

    I did.


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    Re: Best lighting/heating for tegu

    40 gallon breeder won’t do for a hatchling for very long


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    Re: Best lighting/heating for tegu

    Quote Originally Posted by dylan815 View Post
    Thank you!
    do you think this would be an okay substitute to the light you linked for UVB?
    http://www.homedepot.com/p/ViaVolt-2...V21/203124380#

    Thanks again!
    I don't know anything about that brand, I can only speak to what I use, the one in the link is only 2ft. I like to provide UV across the entire length of the cage, which is why I went with two 4ft high output fixtures.

    For heat the reason for using 3 bulbs vs 1 is that you provide an even temp across the whole body of the animal vs 1 focused beam. It allows you to go with a much lower wattage bulb and provide a more even heat. That being said the heat bulbs I use do not provide UVB like a Mercury Vapor Bulb will.

    A 40 gallon breeder tank will be outgrown in no time. If I were you I would get the cage built, setup, and running before bringing the animal home. I did it in reverse order and wish I hadn't. I had mine in a 4x2x2 and she outgrew it way faster than anticipated, which led me to rushing the cage build and having to tweak it after she was in it.

    varanustalk.com is a good source of info, Tegu and Monitor care are fairly close, there is a lot of good info there about cage builds, light set ups, getting the proper thermal gradient, etc.
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