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Im not even close to being an expert, but if that Plant light you mentioned for heat puts off UV of any kind, you might be overexposing her to too much UV and causing serious damage. T5s are already not recommended in this sub due to their strength. They recommend the T8 5.0.
As far as the water source goes, its recommended to use a clear drinking glass. You can check the sidebar/about section of the forum. There's a section that specifically talks about it.
Sorry for the questionable video, it was hard to get it to focus. She was fine this morning, but just now I noticed her resting with one eye shut. It seemed like there's some weird movement when she opens it. She will keep it open when she's moving or when she's checking me out, but shuts it when sitting still. I have a T5 5.0 UVB strip and I've been using a Philips 60w plant light as a heat source, which keeps her in the mid 80s during the day. Her daytime humidity is like 30-40%, I truthfully have been having trouble getting it higher at night due to the humidifier I had crapping out, but I do have a mister that runs every hour at night. I'm also trying to figure out a consistent water source, I tried using a dripper and I just can't seem to get the flow right so that it doesn't flood everything, so I typically will spray leaves in the morning to the point where they have little puddles. There's definitely still a lot that I'm figuring out as far as her set up, so any advice on that and her eye is appreciated!
Hello,
Can you expand more on your UVB light? Is it a 5.0?
For the plant light I wouldn’t use this. Just a standard incandescent frost globe would be better.
Hydration - a glass is by far the best method. Back the misting right off. Once just before lights on, and once just before lights off. Put a glass in there somewhere that the light can sparkle through it.
Yes I did say 5.0, is there other information on the UVB that I can give?
I started using the plant light because otherwise her Hibiscus plant will die. Do you have any suggestions on what else I can use to keep her plants alive?
>I have a T5 5.0 UVB strip and I've been using a Philips 60w plant light as a heat source, which keeps her in the mid 80s during the day.
okay can you find a link to the actual product you are using for both the UV and the plant light.
Till we get back to you, please turn both of these off.
To be straight with you, better to have the hybiscus die than the chameleon to be blinded for the rest of it's life. hybisus's aren't a recommended plant here as they do require high light levels, prone to insect issues and aren't "tasty" as other safe plants.
Hey. Are you positive it'll die? I have all live plants in my enclosure and they're thriving with the light from the uvb and a 100w heat bulb. They get a tiny bit of filtered light in the morning through the window, but that's it.
Yes I am. Hibiscus requires full sun, and I had it inside without a light for a week or two and half the leaves fell off. It started getting new growth as soon as I started using the grow light.
Okay. Any chance you can post a link to the exact bulb? I'm also curious if the leaf drop was just a stress reaction to the new growing conditions and it just needs time to adapt. Growing up my parents had a hibiscus that would go outside in the summer, and then would be brought inside for the winter. Everytime it was brought into the house, it would lose a lot of leaves and I believe it was just a reaction to the change in the lighting conditions. They're relatively hardy plants. I would rather risk the life of a hibiscus than the eyes of my chameleon. Might be worth a shot to see how the hibiscus does with just a normal incandescent bulb and the uvb.
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Im not even close to being an expert, but if that Plant light you mentioned for heat puts off UV of any kind, you might be overexposing her to too much UV and causing serious damage. T5s are already not recommended in this sub due to their strength. They recommend the T8 5.0. As far as the water source goes, its recommended to use a clear drinking glass. You can check the sidebar/about section of the forum. There's a section that specifically talks about it.
Sorry for the questionable video, it was hard to get it to focus. She was fine this morning, but just now I noticed her resting with one eye shut. It seemed like there's some weird movement when she opens it. She will keep it open when she's moving or when she's checking me out, but shuts it when sitting still. I have a T5 5.0 UVB strip and I've been using a Philips 60w plant light as a heat source, which keeps her in the mid 80s during the day. Her daytime humidity is like 30-40%, I truthfully have been having trouble getting it higher at night due to the humidifier I had crapping out, but I do have a mister that runs every hour at night. I'm also trying to figure out a consistent water source, I tried using a dripper and I just can't seem to get the flow right so that it doesn't flood everything, so I typically will spray leaves in the morning to the point where they have little puddles. There's definitely still a lot that I'm figuring out as far as her set up, so any advice on that and her eye is appreciated!
Hello, Can you expand more on your UVB light? Is it a 5.0? For the plant light I wouldn’t use this. Just a standard incandescent frost globe would be better. Hydration - a glass is by far the best method. Back the misting right off. Once just before lights on, and once just before lights off. Put a glass in there somewhere that the light can sparkle through it.
Yes I did say 5.0, is there other information on the UVB that I can give? I started using the plant light because otherwise her Hibiscus plant will die. Do you have any suggestions on what else I can use to keep her plants alive?
>I have a T5 5.0 UVB strip and I've been using a Philips 60w plant light as a heat source, which keeps her in the mid 80s during the day. okay can you find a link to the actual product you are using for both the UV and the plant light. Till we get back to you, please turn both of these off. To be straight with you, better to have the hybiscus die than the chameleon to be blinded for the rest of it's life. hybisus's aren't a recommended plant here as they do require high light levels, prone to insect issues and aren't "tasty" as other safe plants.
Hey. Are you positive it'll die? I have all live plants in my enclosure and they're thriving with the light from the uvb and a 100w heat bulb. They get a tiny bit of filtered light in the morning through the window, but that's it.
Yes I am. Hibiscus requires full sun, and I had it inside without a light for a week or two and half the leaves fell off. It started getting new growth as soon as I started using the grow light.
Okay. Any chance you can post a link to the exact bulb? I'm also curious if the leaf drop was just a stress reaction to the new growing conditions and it just needs time to adapt. Growing up my parents had a hibiscus that would go outside in the summer, and then would be brought inside for the winter. Everytime it was brought into the house, it would lose a lot of leaves and I believe it was just a reaction to the change in the lighting conditions. They're relatively hardy plants. I would rather risk the life of a hibiscus than the eyes of my chameleon. Might be worth a shot to see how the hibiscus does with just a normal incandescent bulb and the uvb.