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11-Jun-04, 02:51 PM
| | | Keeping heat overnight for Beardies
Gday all,
Well i got bitten by the bug once again yesturday and got 2 bearded dragon hatchlings. I am curious if there is a way to keep warmth in over night without using a heat mat? they are in a fish tank of 24in long x 20in high and 13in wide. I have the lids of the tank and with the light the lids still sit snug on the tank. If i use a basking rock under the spot lamp all day will it hold enough heat to keep the tank warm over night? or is a heat mat at the same end as the spot lamp the only way to go. The lamp is on from aprox 7:30am to about 6pm, and if i do get one, the heatmat will be on in the spot lamps off time. My herp room (bedroom) never gets below aprox 16-18 degrees, maybe a bit higher.
Cheers, Alan.
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11-Jun-04, 03:33 PM
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Alan, a heatmat, even a small one is probly the way to. but consider that wild beardies simply use sunwarmed rocks overnight. Then again they are babies and if you can provide a heat mat its a good idea. Not sure how much heat a rock under the basking lamp will hold aftywer its turned off. might depend on if its natural rock or fake plastic/fibreglass etc etc.
keep in mind that heat will leach from a all glass tank pretty quick.
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11-Jun-04, 03:44 PM
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Yeah thanks instar, i will get a heatmat just to be sure that they are warm at night.
Cheers, Alan.
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11-Jun-04, 05:21 PM
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Alan,
If you do use a heat mat, run it 24 hours a day. If you only switch it on after the globe is off, it will take so long to warm up to a reasonable temperature it won't even be worth it.
Simon Archibald
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11-Jun-04, 05:31 PM
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You may be better off, especially if they're only little tackers, keeping them in one of them plastic critter cages with one end on a heat mat and no overhead heat for the time being and move them into the larger tank when they get to a proportionate size. Obviously they'll need some natural sunlight a couple of times a week.
Lester.
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11-Jun-04, 06:17 PM
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Or you can get a red or blue light for your heat lamp and leave it on all night. Maybe just a smaller wattage depending on what size you aleady have in it.
I have 9 yellow beardies about 6 or so months old in a 4 x 1.5 x 1.5 foot tank with a 2 foot uv light. I run a 60 watt red globe 24hrs a day and a couple of rocks for basking under it and they love it. soons as the uv goes off they curl up and go to sleep. 
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11-Jun-04, 06:22 PM
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Take all the above advise and use it well my friend. That is the way to go. However Simon I disagree with how long it takes the heat mat to warm up. Depends on how deep the substrate is and what type, we use white sand and a small heat mat, and it only takes 15 minutes before the sand i warm, it's just that a heat lamp and heat mat will make the area too hot for them IMO.
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