Night Light

[JVG]

Hey, i had a exo terra nightglo moonlight bulb (50watts) on my 20 gall ut it died after one night of use so i picked upa couple of transparent blue light bulbs(40watts), with these the tem droped to around 75 at night, but lights up my room to much, and plus i think the leos still think its daylight cause the bulb was only blue for the first night now the light is more white with a hint of blue, originaly i wanted to find a black light bulb because it gives off less light into my room and makes the leos look really cool from what ive heard, so basically my question is this, would a 60 watt ge black light bulb be to warm? to black lights a get as warm as normal clear bulbs? thanks again.

[Tim and Julie B]

The "fun" blacklights shouldn't be used with reptiles (I believe they give off phosphorus-very bad for reptiles). Stick to the moonlihgt bulb, but not the exoterra ones (they're rather crappy).

Julie

[JVG]

Well some of the sites Ive bin reading said to use either infrared or black phosphorus bulbs a night

[concept3]

you can get red lights at home depot that are 100 percent identical to the exoterra ones for under 3 bucks. They have multipal wattages and should work fine for you. They do however give off a little more light than the exoterra blue bulbs.

[Tim and Julie B]

If you've been reading that the regular black lights are safe then I doubt you should trust anything the rest of those sites have to offer. That's why when purchasing vitamins and calcium for your geckos you should look for those with NO phosphorus. It prevents the geckos from digesting the calcium.

A night light isn't a necessary item. It may become one if your room temp is low and you need to boost the temp (plus it is cool to be able to watch them a night)

Julie

[Gregg M]

Personaly, I would not keep any light on them at night.... There is no reason to put a light on them at night..... They are nocturnal animals and the night time drop in temp is natural...... The only light my leos get during the night is a little night light plugged into the wall across the room.....

[DragnDrop]

If your room is 'average' room temperature at night, they don't need extra heat. My leos get a night temperature around 68-70 F/ 20-21C in winter, according to how and when the furnace starts up. It can't be detrimental to them, I've never seen a problem in about 10 years of leo keeping, and mine are even breeding in winter.

They also don't need a night light unless they're in a completely darkened room with no outside light pollution filtering in through a window. In the city there's always enough light from street lights. Wild ones navigate by star and moonlight, and on new moon or overcast nights they get nothing. They still manage nicely.

[JVG]

its more for viewing then heat, and i dont live in the city, so no light pollution, my room is completly dark cept for a infrared thats on 24hrs for somin else(which isnt much) and sometimes my pc monitor or tv so not enough light to view them when theyre active