malcas
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Alright so I have a few more questions, more like details. I have found out 99% of the things I wanted to know on this site with out asking but I have a few things that Id like some general opinion on.
All of the questions are for one 5 to 6 inch Patternless Leo, in a 10 tank (yes I know it is a tad on the small size, as soon as I move in 2 months I'll have room for a 20)
1. For a little bit of extra night heat (I live in NE with cool weather most of the time and old houses) for a night temp of 78 or so and viewing light I am using a 25 watt moon light bulb, is that fine or should it be a red bulb? does the moon light color bother the gecko? Its very dim.
2. I am using a Repti Glo 10.0 uvb along with a UTH for a day time temp of 88 to 90, does that seem ok?
3. I have read every where you should keep calcium powder in a dish, so I have it in my meal worm dish, I figure they will kind of coat them selves in it and he will eat some when he bites them. Any reason I shouldn't do that?
4. I've read you should have 2 hides, 3 hides, moist hides on the cool side or on the warm side and any other combo you can think of. But I have a half log on the warm side and a moist hide on the cool side because the box that hide came in said not to put it on a UTH. So until I get a 20 gal tank, does that seem ok, or should the hides be switched around?
5. For feeding I feed him 5 to 8 meal worms with cal powder a day and 4 to 5 crix gut loaded with fish food, carrots and potatoes also coated with cal powder and vitamin 2 times a week. The cal powder I'm using is Rep-cal Calcium and the vitamin is Tetrafauna ReptoLife Plus.
So I think that is about all I am wondering, any advice and or opinions on any of these things would be greatly appreciated.
All of the questions are for one 5 to 6 inch Patternless Leo, in a 10 tank (yes I know it is a tad on the small size, as soon as I move in 2 months I'll have room for a 20)
1. For a little bit of extra night heat (I live in NE with cool weather most of the time and old houses) for a night temp of 78 or so and viewing light I am using a 25 watt moon light bulb, is that fine or should it be a red bulb? does the moon light color bother the gecko? Its very dim.
2. I am using a Repti Glo 10.0 uvb along with a UTH for a day time temp of 88 to 90, does that seem ok?
3. I have read every where you should keep calcium powder in a dish, so I have it in my meal worm dish, I figure they will kind of coat them selves in it and he will eat some when he bites them. Any reason I shouldn't do that?
4. I've read you should have 2 hides, 3 hides, moist hides on the cool side or on the warm side and any other combo you can think of. But I have a half log on the warm side and a moist hide on the cool side because the box that hide came in said not to put it on a UTH. So until I get a 20 gal tank, does that seem ok, or should the hides be switched around?
5. For feeding I feed him 5 to 8 meal worms with cal powder a day and 4 to 5 crix gut loaded with fish food, carrots and potatoes also coated with cal powder and vitamin 2 times a week. The cal powder I'm using is Rep-cal Calcium and the vitamin is Tetrafauna ReptoLife Plus.
So I think that is about all I am wondering, any advice and or opinions on any of these things would be greatly appreciated.
