night viewing cresties in planted viv?

[fallenangelfyre]

so i have a crestie in a temp tank and am pretty much done building her larger planted viv. she mostly sleeps during the day. but at night is very active. though i can hear her jumping around, it's hard to actually see what she's up to. my question is do cresties not recognize red light wavelengths so you can view them at night with a red bulb without disturbing their day/night schedules as you can do with leos? also- i read that green wavelengths don't affect plants photosynthesis so you can use green lights at night w/o affecting plants day/night schedules.

so . . basically can i use a dim green light (maybe a low-output LED) to view my crestie during her most active period (night) w/o affecting either her or the plants day/night schedules?

how do people with cresties in planted vivs do night-time viewing? or do they generally just not have any lights at night? thanks!

 

[JaredJ]

I don't think any reptile recognizes red light. I use a red bulb on my red-eyed tree frog and dart frog tanks and they could care less. My gargoyles don't seem to care either.

 

[Hannibal]

If you use a red bulb, make sure it is a low wattage so you don't heat up the enclosure come summer time because temps 80+ can cause serious stress to them and possible death. I'd stick with maybe a 15w and put it over one side of the enclosure so that she can have both a warm & cool side. The 15w should put out plenty of light for viewing her roaming around in her home.

 

[fallenangelfyre]

If you use a red bulb, make sure it is a low wattage so you don't heat up the enclosure come summer time because temps 80+ can cause serious stress to them and possible death. I'd stick with maybe a 15w and put it over one side of the enclosure so that she can have both a warm & cool side. The 15w should put out plenty of light for viewing her roaming around in her home.

you people are missing the point. i know to not let the temps get above 80. i was going to use a low-output LED so the temps of the lights are moot.

my main question is can i use a low-output green LED for night-viewing w/o affecting either the gecko's night/day schedule, or the plants night/day schedule.