Quote Originally Posted by jclaiborne View Post
The 20 Gallon tank will work for when he is a baby, but you will need a bigger tank as he starts to grow. A minimum would be a 3ft long by 16in deep and 18in high. I would also drop the light cycle down to 12 hours a day. So they get the day and night cycle going. I saw that you said you were doing night time temp drops that is great. What are the ambient temps in your house? I have my beardie setup with a 100W basking bulb during the day, and during the winter a 60W red bulb for the night time, however durring the summer I don't do a night bulb because the temps in my house are around 75 degrees. Is your UVB bulb a CFL or a longer bar style bulb?
The UVB 10.0 bulb is a 13 watt Reptisun CFL. Right now, the ambient room temperature is probably 68 at night and in the low 70s during the day. During the summer, the room will get up to 84 degrees during the day and not cool off much more than that at night.

The plan is to move the beardie to a 40 gallon Zilla Critter Keeper tank when he gets bigger. The 40 gallon is one of two tanks in which we used to house our ball pythons until we switched to a T8. Ideally, I would like to get a front-opening cage (like the T8) for the beardie, but I have to find one that will fit in his room. The 40 gallon likely would go on his dresser, but that will make it too high for him to reach (one of the reasons why we ditched the 40 gallons for the ball pythons).