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G'day,

Right now I'm building a baby ackie enclosure, and I'm just wondering if I need to put cages on my lights? There is a stick going near the light (a UV), and I'm wondering if the monitor jumps on it if it will burn itself. I can remove the stick if necessary. I have one UV light and a halogen spot light, which is further away from the stick. The light reaches aprox. 50˚c on the surface but that may not be very accurate. Attached are some pics of the setup:
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Thanks for the help,
 
I'm not sure what UVB lamps people use for their lizards and dragons but I know those compact (spiral type) are totally useless when it comes to turtles. It's just that thy don't have a big area of coverage and the UVB they emit is next to nothing regardless of what it states on the packaging... The UVB emitted from a fluoro tube type is a lot more beneficial to basking reptiles in my experience.
I used a combination of all 3 of these in the past. You could suspend one of these tubes into the enclosure.

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Nowadays I use MVB's for heat over the basking area and UVB 10.0 fluoros over their entire tank for max coverage.
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To be honest, the UV light isn't really compulsory for monitors, its just that it brightens up the enclosure and I have one laying around. If its too hard to have it in there I can just take it out, but I would like to leave it in.
 
To be honest, the UV light isn't really compulsory for monitors
OK good to know, I didn't know that. ;)
[doublepost=1517630112,1517630052][/doublepost]In that case, just get a full spectrum 6500K daylight fluoro bulb and put in there. :)
 
Just keep in mind what I have been told may be wrong, so if I am please correct me :)

Thanks for the help @Aussiepride83 :D
I've never kept any lizards as pets, I just assumed, them being diurnal and all that they would require an artificial source of UVB at the very minimum unless you're taking them outside daily for that? I even use Reptistar 5.0 UVB for my green tree frogs... It''s never bothered them.
 
I've never kept any lizards as pets, I just assumed, them being diurnal and all that they would require an artificial source of UVB at the very minimum unless you're taking them outside daily for that?
Well as long as you're supplementing them. Some may argue they need UVB to absorb the calcium, but again, I'm no expert and this is just what I've been told.
 
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