snakegirlie
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setup all ready for my bearded dragon im gettin tomorrow. only pretty basic at the moment, when he gets older im gonna turn it in to a dessert theme.
Where will it be able to hide?
Is that a UV light in there? Or are you you running a MVB?
Also, get rid of the newspaper for either fake grass or sand. Most people will tell you sand, but we've always started our babies on fake grass, then move them onto sand when they're a little bigger. You don't have to use the expensive reptile sand; playsand from Bunnings is fine, and a whole lot cheaper.
im getting a hide when i go and pick it up
I personally would avoid using sand for hatchlings since impaction is a pretty common occurrence in young beardies. Newspaper is a safer & more maintainable alternative, the only draw backs are the dirty little feet it'll give your Beardie & the lack of traction it provides. Using butchers paper will get rid of the dirty feet but offer no more traction than newspaper.
I recently stumbled across this product which looks nicer than the options above & is still very easily maintained - Exo Terra : Sand Mat / Desert Terrarium Substrate
Providing a couple of hides, one at the hot end & one at the cooler end is not a bad idea though without hides they just tend to make themselves comfortable next to a rock or in a corner somewhere. Just be watchful they don't decide to hide all through the day as has been noted with some Beardies.
It looks like the top of your tank is mesh. Having the heat on top means it is less efficient (more heat loss). The UV is more important to be inside the tank. We have a mesh tank for one of our pythons. To fit a ceramic fitting, we put two layers of silver heat tape on top of the mesh around the fitting for extra support. With a python, we had to also fit a cage, which the tape helped to support as well. With a beardie you won't need the cage.
Using a ceramic fitting means you will need to fit a spiral or compact UV globe. An Exo Terra UVB150 26w would be perfect for your beardie.
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