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I have been using a red night heat lamp in my leo's tank for the past few days whilst I waited for my bigger heat mat to come in the post, I've now got all that set up and taken the heat lamp out as I do not need it/makes it too warm. But now I miss being able to view my leo at night when he's active! I have a normal white light bulb in there now for the daytime but I was wondering if I would be able to use a light dimmer switch with this so I can still view him at night? Or would this disrupt his nocturnal pattern too much? I only have one fixture within the tank for a lamp.
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I have been using a red night heat lamp in my leo's tank for the past few days whilst I waited for my bigger heat mat to come in the post, I've now got all that set up and taken the heat lamp out as I do not need it/makes it too warm. But now I miss being able to view my leo at night when he's active! I have a normal white light bulb in there now for the daytime but I was wondering if I would be able to use a light dimmer switch with this so I can still view him at night? Or would this disrupt his nocturnal pattern too much? I only have one fixture within the tank for a lamp.
You can get fairly low wattage (15w) blue night lights that make the viv look like its lit by moonlight.
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