quick Question!! 60 watt bulb?

[XxRachxX]

ive found a lamp that i can use for a leopard gecko tank, but it only takes 60 watt bulbs, would that be enough to create the right amount of heat?
cheers

[Edwin]

It depends, Rach. 60 watt bulbs are fine in some of my tanks, but are insufficient or too much in others.

There are cheapo reptile dome lights with plastic fixtures that only support 60/100 watts, while those with made of ceramic can withstand up to 250 watts.

If your leopard gecko tank currently uses 60 watt bulbs or less, then I would say that the lamp is suitable, if you are currently using higher wattage bulbs, then nope..

Hope this helps.

[Alicewave]

Check out home depot. I think even their 5 inch domes hold 100 watts.

[eyespy]

If you like the look and/or functionality of that particular lamp you can always go to Home Depot or similar and buy a new socket and cord for it, it's cheap and pretty easy to do. That way you can get a ceramic socket that's rated for all sorts of power.

[dvs]

I would NEVER use on of those plastic fixtures......... even with the recomended wattage bulb. I seen one melt before all over a poor little turtles shell..... lucky for him he was a turtle, cuzz if it was any other animal without a shell it would have been badly burned. This was with a 60 watt regular house bulb.