Question About Lighting

[berthegecko]

So, right now I have a heat lamp on over my Leopard Gecko and he stays pretty toasty. 85 degrees on the warm side. However I was wondering if
I should not use a white light during the day, does this make it hard for them to sleep? Oh and I also have an under tank heater as well.

Lastly, at nighttime should I shut off all of the heating elements, or leave the uth on?

 

[catvettech]

I have a ceramic heat emitter and UTH on the warm side. Both are on all of the time. I do have a UVB light also, but I am too lazy to set it up each morning. It is not an absolute necessity with leos, although it wouldn't hurt.

 

[Barbel]

You do not need to use any lighting at all, using it is probably just wasting you electricity! I would definitely leave at least the UTH on at night, they still need heat to regulate themselves at night, especially if you feed them in the evening.

 

[justindh1]

So, right now I have a heat lamp on over my Leopard Gecko and he stays pretty toasty. 85 degrees on the warm side. However I was wondering if
I should not use a white light during the day, does this make it hard for them to sleep? Oh and I also have an under tank heater as well.

Lastly, at nighttime should I shut off all of the heating elements, or leave the uth on?

Is it only gettin 85 degrees on the hot side? That should be the ambient temps and the hot side should be 92-97 degrees.

You can use a lamp but its not neccessary unless your ambients don't get high enought. You don't really need a UVB bulb and it sometimes stresses them out especially albinos. If you need a heat lamp use the red heat lamps and if you just want light use the regular red bulbs. You can't buy them in a 6 pack at a home improvement store for like 15-20 dollars, cheaper then the pet stores.

 

[Fallupinreverse]

I'm kind of worried that the 85 degree temperature that you're reading is ambient air temp, what type of thermometer do you have? If you have both a UTH and a lamp then the surface temperature would be much higher than 85 degrees most likely, and probably pushing 100, so make sure to check that out! That could be very dangerous for your gecko.

 

[berthegecko]

Okay, thank you for showing concern of the 85* temperatures. I know that is low and I have resolved it. Now he is running a toasty 91.5-92.5 degrees. Now
I don't use a UVB should I use calcium that includes vitamin D3 for every meal?