Lighting for night time viewing of Leopard Gecko

[jojo9380]

Shall I go with red or blue? Or are either suitable? Thank you

[UrolithicTitan]

I'm going to guess that you are thinking of getting one of the reptile brand infared heat bulbs?
And I'm taking a guess that it's a 2ft viv?
In which case I would avoid using any form of heat bulb in a viv that small and just stick with a heat mt covering a third to half of the viv floor space on a pulse propultion thermostat. Because trying to create a proper thermal gradient in a viv that size with a basing bulb will be incredibly difficult, it involves a series of extractor fans on a cool stat to keep the viv at the optemem temeperature which will work out far more expensive then using a heat mat on a pulse stat.
You can still get nocturnal lighting to see him go about his business though, in the form of red or blue LED lights, as they will not disturb him and because they do not produce any heat they willl not alter viv temps. They also last a lot longer than the reptile brand night time heat bulbs to.

[jojo9380]

Originally Posted by UrolithicTitan

I'm going to guess that you are thinking of getting one of the reptile brand infared heat bulbs?
And I'm taking a guess that it's a 2ft viv?
In which case I would avoid using any form of heat bulb in a viv that small and just stick with a heat mt covering a third to half of the viv floor space on a pulse propultion thermostat. Because trying to create a proper thermal gradient in a viv that size with a basing bulb will be incredibly difficult, it involves a series of extractor fans on a cool stat to keep the viv at the optemem temeperature which will work out far more expensive then using a heat mat on a pulse stat.
You can still get nocturnal lighting to see him go about his business though, in the form of red or blue LED lights, as they will not disturb him and because they do not produce any heat they willl not alter viv temps. They also last a lot longer than the reptile brand night time heat bulbs to.

Hi, it's actually a really low watt energy saving bulb I was thinking of. I've found coloured ones. Do you think that would be ok? I plan on using one in there for the day as well. It's a wooden vivexotic 24inch

[nsn89]

How much are you looking to pay? As I bought my LED strip red lighting for like £10 with a dimmer switch of eBay

I can give you the link if you like

[jojo9380]

Originally Posted by nsn89

How much are you looking to pay? As I bought my LED strip red lighting for like £10 with a dimmer switch of eBay

I can give you the link if you like

Yeah that sounds good, thank you

[debiorme]

Originally Posted by nsn89

How much are you looking to pay? As I bought my LED strip red lighting for like £10 with a dimmer switch of eBay

I can give you the link if you like

ide like the link to plz x

[nsn89]

Nope I'm not allowed to give it out joooke! Haha.

Give me 30 mins just about to have dinner!

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[nsn89]

PLUG IN - BRIGHT RED LED FLEXIBLE STRIP LIGHTING KIT | eBay

I lied the dimmer switch one is £16 lol, but the standard on off switch is £9.99. He does other colours too, like i've got warm white to stimulate day time as my viv's are behind my bed so blocks out all the light lol.

But the dimmer does come handy, but up to you

[Frank1]

A LED lamp is the best for this use, they run on a very low wattage and get no heat at all. For example the Lucky Repile Moonlamp (blue light) you can just scew in a E27 lampholder and this one use only 0.5W
you will find it here
Lightning 6

[CrestieCrazy]

Originally Posted by Frank1

A LED lamp is the best for this use, they run on a very low wattage and get no heat at all. For example the Lucky Repile Moonlamp (blue light) you can just scew in a E27 lampholder and this one use only 0.5W
you will find it here
Lightning 6

Be warned though, i have this bulb and its so bright it lights up my whole room and the cresties didnt move as if there was a spot light on them. And no matter what anyone says geckos can see the light from the LED and coloured lighting.

CrestieCrazy