Highest wattage light bulb you can use?
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Allee Toler
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Plug it in, wait 12 hours, measure the temp. If it's above 95F on the floor under it, then it's too high.
Supreme Gecko
Member
Like Allee mentioned, the temps should stabilize after a number of hours.
Make sure, if you use the above lighting, that you check the temps several times in this 12 hour period as you don't want the temps to be over the 96-97 degrees. If it is, move the light farther away.
Also, realize that under the tank heat is better for young leos and that you will need a cool area as well as the warm area in the tank.
Make sure, if you use the above lighting, that you check the temps several times in this 12 hour period as you don't want the temps to be over the 96-97 degrees. If it is, move the light farther away.
Also, realize that under the tank heat is better for young leos and that you will need a cool area as well as the warm area in the tank.
Elizabeth Freer
Well-known member
If the new bulb is only somewhat too strong it can very simply be plugged into a Lutron dimmer ($10-$15 at Lowe's). Then with the slider on the dimmer you can tweak the temperature. That really works. I use it myself on my 20 gallon long leo tank.