Love this! I don't have my beardie yet, because I'm still doing research. I've taken down tons of notes, and now I have a much better idea of how to do a proper enclosure setup. I live in Israel, so I'm also planning an outdoor enclosure, since we get bright sun and heat 10 months out of the year. (It's almost December now, and today was 84 degrees out!)
Great episode. I highly recommend anyone watch Dillon's episode as well. Time to start researching halide bulbs here in Canada. Just a quick comment on ease of presentation, a couple of times Tom was showing things that were difficult to see because of the screen sharing. He was too small. Just a comment to make things better in the future. Great job gentlemen!
Great video. It was great having Thomas share so much of his knowledge. I'm really interested that study of reptile behavior change when they have access to good lighting and then being given bad lighting. It's like once they realize what they were missing out on they feel the difference. It's a clever experiment but also smart way of showing how important something is.
First thing I did after watching this was grab an LED. A question- would you angle your lights towards a stone or wooden surface for the purpose of creating a basking spot? Considering things like heat absorption to warm the belly, and heat retention after the heat source powers down
@@ReptilesandResearch in Australia it's midwinter so I have time to mess around while he is brumating. I had a big rock under his heat lamp getting to the desired 45C temperature, and am trying a large piece of driftwood which is taller so allows him to climb closer to the UVB and I can use a lower wattage globe. I'm just thinking about how long it takes each material to warm up and how long it can hold heat in the afternoon
@@ReptilesandResearch on the note of heat retention by surfaces- one thing I'd love to see you touch on that nobody else seems to have is whether we really need to run our basking lamps at full capacity for 10-12 hours. After all, the sun isnt beaming down at midday capacity for all those hours, and it seems prudent to replicate the late afternoon conditions where the sun is low but the surface area remains warm, no?
I am sorry I am so much problem haha. I use a uvb tubes, grow light(uva) tubes, and a basking, I really don't see them bask that much, but my uvb and grow light is separated, and my dragons move a lot, climb. But I do this for all my reptiles, even my Peter bandeds skinks will use the uv rays
Ask Dr Howard about substrate🤣. He looked quite annoyed when I did it, but seriously I think I caught him off guard a bit, didn't even start with hello. i'd just been thinking about it for ages, excited. That was going to be my question. The sand soil mix thing. I think the answer was fair, could have been a bit more elaborate. Should we just be chosing more arid plants? That handle sand just fine. Be nice to get it on record for everyone else. I'd like to know if he thinks some vets are a bit too quick to resort to surgery in the absence of physiology knowledge when it comes to removing egg follicles, rather than recommending calorie control, so they get reabsorbed before ovulation? Advice on replicating burrows and thoughts on the use of a false bottom. Be a good one for sure. I think Thomas is bang on about 6x3x3 using 8x3x3 myself, for the amount of usage 6x3x3 seems like a very reasonable compromise.
I’d love to get a mineral breakdown of the outback sand. Sand, clay, silt, are just sizes and depending on their mineral make up will behave very differently.
You got me thinking about the UV shading device I think logistically it's not a very hard thing to do You could do it with meshes or even plexi (I noticed that plexi glass will let UV pass through) Just have different or multiple layers slide in front of the lamp It could be a device that is just an add on to an Arcadia pro T5 Imagine it being a little like having your T5 in front of your cupboard and all the drawers are open when it turns on Could even be almost dark to simulate it ramping on as the drawer closes Every drawer closing is one layer less that passes through light Maybe 4 stages I can see it but wouldn't know how to make it electronically Knowing there's no market for it in Belgium it's not an easy project to get it started
Nevermind I have since found that is a UK fixture and all it seems we can get in the US is very cheap rotating fixtures. So my next question is would the best way to arrange the lights without a rotating fixture be to but the basking light between the t5 and led?
I have my basking light in a cage to keep her from getting burnt hanging straight down on her basking rock. I'm using an 100 watt and it's 102 where she's basks. My question is about her uvb light. I had to downgrade from a 39" cause it was way too much in her enclosure of 4x2x2 to a 24" with a 22 bulb. 24 watt. How close do i have this light to her? I get so many different answers from my groups on Facebook. Thank you so much.
Sooo say you have a 48 inch Fluval plant led from your aquarium days, and you want to use it on your reptile tank... What colors would be better to bring up or down? Available colors are pink, blue, cold white, pure white, and warm light? I can also create a very specific timer to make a sunrise/sunset effect. I'm just rubbish at figuring out what light would be better higher and all of that. I've been using it as a plant grow light, but am happy to let my beardie use it while looking for another led light for him.
Hey Liam. I work at a reptile shop, and no matter how much I’ve tried, I cannot sway my co-workers on proper reptile care. They are constantly selling heat mats over bulbs, not recommending uvb for animals that can benefit from it, and worst of all, they constantly undersell enclosure sizes. A customer walked out with a 3ft bearded dragon and a 20 gallon tank because a co worker said it could work. Can you please provide some scientific videos or a research paper or two that I can share with my co workers that details how critical it is for the health and wellness of an animal to be kept in a properly sized enclosure? Thank you!
Great info have taken on board what you discussed I now have on my 4x2x2 bearded dragon 14% Arcadia uv, Reptile systems gold inferred 400watt, Arcadia 18” jungle dawn tube and a 40w LED spot light allay the basking end is this sufficient or should I add another Arcadia 18” time jungle dawn regards steve
400W is an overkill unless your tank is like 4-5 ft tall. Or if you live in Antartic. Add that on top of 2 other lamps PLUS a Halide, he's basically trying to roast his beardie.
Well to be fair these arent spot bulbs so its not as concentrated, i have the 100w gold bar and it feels very mild on your hand because of how far spread out that energy is. Hes also using fans to extract excess hot air in this scenario. I think he goes over it in detail actually.
400W is high for most enclosures, yes. But the lamp is available in much lower wattages too. If I could go back and re-record, I'd make that even more explicitly clear. For most uses, a 100W may be suitable.
Is there such thing as having too much UVB light inside of an enclosure for a bearded dragon? If I want to include two T5 bulbs should they both be 12% or one 12% and a lower powered one?
Yes you can overexpose an animal, much like sunburns. So if the UVI for a spot under a 12% is UVI 4, two 12% would stack to create UVI 8. Why would you like two? What is it you have in mind?
Nvm, I was binge watching all your other videos and found the answer to my question. Basically have the led, an Arcadia 12%, and a basking bulb on the “hot” side of my 4x2x2.
Idk man I just let her hang out outside under my supervision and or in a wire mesh cage with a shady side, so she can soak up some rays, usually she'll poop, and I'll lift the cage up a bit and move her away from the poo, wait a little bit in case there's more, and then bring her in to play on my carpet.
Love this! I don't have my beardie yet, because I'm still doing research. I've taken down tons of notes, and now I have a much better idea of how to do a proper enclosure setup. I live in Israel, so I'm also planning an outdoor enclosure, since we get bright sun and heat 10 months out of the year. (It's almost December now, and today was 84 degrees out!)
Great episode. I highly recommend anyone watch Dillon's episode as well. Time to start researching halide bulbs here in Canada. Just a quick comment on ease of presentation, a couple of times Tom was showing things that were difficult to see because of the screen sharing. He was too small. Just a comment to make things better in the future. Great job gentlemen!
Great video. It was great having Thomas share so much of his knowledge. I'm really interested that study of reptile behavior change when they have access to good lighting and then being given bad lighting. It's like once they realize what they were missing out on they feel the difference. It's a clever experiment but also smart way of showing how important something is.
Same here! Very eager to read it when it’s out. Thanks for watching ☺️
First thing I did after watching this was grab an LED. A question- would you angle your lights towards a stone or wooden surface for the purpose of creating a basking spot? Considering things like heat absorption to warm the belly, and heat retention after the heat source powers down
Yes I’d do that, I should make a video about my bearded dragons basking spot actually
@@ReptilesandResearch in Australia it's midwinter so I have time to mess around while he is brumating. I had a big rock under his heat lamp getting to the desired 45C temperature, and am trying a large piece of driftwood which is taller so allows him to climb closer to the UVB and I can use a lower wattage globe. I'm just thinking about how long it takes each material to warm up and how long it can hold heat in the afternoon
@@ReptilesandResearch on the note of heat retention by surfaces- one thing I'd love to see you touch on that nobody else seems to have is whether we really need to run our basking lamps at full capacity for 10-12 hours. After all, the sun isnt beaming down at midday capacity for all those hours, and it seems prudent to replicate the late afternoon conditions where the sun is low but the surface area remains warm, no?
We have our reptiles on smart plug set to turn on at sunrise and turn off at sunset i.e not 12 hours.
quite interesting ,,,,, good cast
It's my favourite light obsessed boiiiiiii
I am sorry I am so much problem haha. I use a uvb tubes, grow light(uva) tubes, and a basking, I really don't see them bask that much, but my uvb and grow light is separated, and my dragons move a lot, climb. But I do this for all my reptiles, even my Peter bandeds skinks will use the uv rays
Thanks guys, good one, looking forward to the next one also👍🏆❤️💯🦎
Thank you, glad this was useful to you 😀
And yes the next ones a behemoth of an episode
This was amazing I learned so much from this 😊👍🏻 so now will be getting an LED too
Glad I could help!
Ask Dr Howard about substrate🤣.
He looked quite annoyed when I did it, but seriously I think I caught him off guard a bit, didn't even start with hello. i'd just been thinking about it for ages, excited. That was going to be my question.
The sand soil mix thing.
I think the answer was fair, could have been a bit more elaborate.
Should we just be chosing more arid plants? That handle sand just fine.
Be nice to get it on record for everyone else.
I'd like to know if he thinks some vets are a bit too quick to resort to surgery in the absence of physiology knowledge when it comes to removing egg follicles, rather than recommending calorie control, so they get reabsorbed before ovulation?
Advice on replicating burrows and thoughts on the use of a false bottom.
Be a good one for sure.
I think Thomas is bang on about 6x3x3 using 8x3x3 myself, for the amount of usage 6x3x3 seems like a very reasonable compromise.
I’d love to get a mineral breakdown of the outback sand. Sand, clay, silt, are just sizes and depending on their mineral make up will behave very differently.
Great episode!
thank you!
@@ReptilesandResearch I just now realised that I commented twice. Oh, well. Take that, algorithm! 😃
Great episode. I'll have to watch it again 😮
glad its of use
Wow. A LOT of info.
Mind blowing isn’t it!
Great stuff!
Thank you 😊
Loved this! Great job guys 👏🏻 Would have been better if the beardie illustration was a zero morph though 😉
Make him change it 😂
What should be the distance between the halide lamp and the basking spot? also, should we use highest available power LED bar?
You got me thinking about the UV shading device
I think logistically it's not a very hard thing to do
You could do it with meshes or even plexi (I noticed that plexi glass will let UV pass through)
Just have different or multiple layers slide in front of the lamp
It could be a device that is just an add on to an Arcadia pro T5
Imagine it being a little like having your T5 in front of your cupboard and all the drawers are open when it turns on
Could even be almost dark to simulate it ramping on as the drawer closes
Every drawer closing is one layer less that passes through light
Maybe 4 stages
I can see it but wouldn't know how to make it electronically
Knowing there's no market for it in Belgium it's not an easy project to get it started
Love these videos
Could you tell me where you found an adjustable lamp holder? I've looked and looked and can not find one.
Nevermind I have since found that is a UK fixture and all it seems we can get in the US is very cheap rotating fixtures. So my next question is would the best way to arrange the lights without a rotating fixture be to but the basking light between the t5 and led?
I have my basking light in a cage to keep her from getting burnt hanging straight down on her basking rock. I'm using an 100 watt and it's 102 where she's basks. My question is about her uvb light. I had to downgrade from a 39" cause it was way too much in her enclosure of 4x2x2 to a 24" with a 22 bulb. 24 watt. How close do i have this light to her? I get so many different answers from my groups on Facebook. Thank you so much.
Sooo say you have a 48 inch Fluval plant led from your aquarium days, and you want to use it on your reptile tank... What colors would be better to bring up or down? Available colors are pink, blue, cold white, pure white, and warm light? I can also create a very specific timer to make a sunrise/sunset effect. I'm just rubbish at figuring out what light would be better higher and all of that. I've been using it as a plant grow light, but am happy to let my beardie use it while looking for another led light for him.
White enclosure vs black enclosure for a beaded dragon??
Hey Liam. I work at a reptile shop, and no matter how much I’ve tried, I cannot sway my co-workers on proper reptile care. They are constantly selling heat mats over bulbs, not recommending uvb for animals that can benefit from it, and worst of all, they constantly undersell enclosure sizes. A customer walked out with a 3ft bearded dragon and a 20 gallon tank because a co worker said it could work.
Can you please provide some scientific videos or a research paper or two that I can share with my co workers that details how critical it is for the health and wellness of an animal to be kept in a properly sized enclosure? Thank you!
Is this America or UK
@@ReptilesandResearch America!
Great info have taken on board what you discussed I now have on my 4x2x2 bearded dragon 14% Arcadia uv, Reptile systems gold inferred 400watt, Arcadia 18” jungle dawn tube and a 40w LED spot light allay the basking end is this sufficient or should I add another Arcadia 18” time jungle dawn regards steve
400W is an overkill unless your tank is like 4-5 ft tall. Or if you live in Antartic. Add that on top of 2 other lamps PLUS a Halide, he's basically trying to roast his beardie.
Well to be fair these arent spot bulbs so its not as concentrated, i have the 100w gold bar and it feels very mild on your hand because of how far spread out that energy is. Hes also using fans to extract excess hot air in this scenario. I think he goes over it in detail actually.
400W is high for most enclosures, yes. But the lamp is available in much lower wattages too. If I could go back and re-record, I'd make that even more explicitly clear. For most uses, a 100W may be suitable.
Would be nice to know what wattage RS Gold to use .
Is there such thing as having too much UVB light inside of an enclosure for a bearded dragon? If I want to include two T5 bulbs should they both be 12% or one 12% and a lower powered one?
Yes you can overexpose an animal, much like sunburns. So if the UVI for a spot under a 12% is UVI 4, two 12% would stack to create UVI 8. Why would you like two? What is it you have in mind?
Nvm, I was binge watching all your other videos and found the answer to my question. Basically have the led, an Arcadia 12%, and a basking bulb on the “hot” side of my 4x2x2.
Can't find the adjustable lamp holder in US :
I thought that infrared lights were bad for bearded dragons. Is that not true?
Hi Great video , can I ask if using a 39w arcadia t5 pro what wattage/length jungle dawn led is recommended? Thanks
Hello do type lights and heat recommande for aquatic turtles who like same Bearded dragon or little different? Thank you 🇨🇦
The same, this lighting isn’t solely for bearded dragons it’s about replicating the sun
How long does it take to burn off the UV from a metal halide bulb? Several months?
hmmmmm ill ask tom for ya
Tom said depends on the lamp, he has some still going 12 months later and some are 5-8 months
Those lights turning off as if on voice command lol talk about perfect timing
He needs to explain things better. He never said HOW making it brighter benefits the bearded dragon. WHY do they need it brighter?
Idk man I just let her hang out outside under my supervision and or in a wire mesh cage with a shady side, so she can soak up some rays, usually she'll poop, and I'll lift the cage up a bit and move her away from the poo, wait a little bit in case there's more, and then bring her in to play on my carpet.