They can range in size from 10 watts to 150 watts and come in different variations.
Bearded dragon heat bulb watt.
It has a longer lifespan of up to 2000 hours thanks to its stronger filament and thicker glass construction.
For example a 100 watt heat lamp will produce more heat than a 60 watt bulb.
So it creates a temperature gradient and your bearded dragon can rest in the shade when needed.
Basking areas are where the bearded dragon will lay or perch during daytime hours in order to receive heat and ultraviolet rays just as it does in the wild.
You will only then need to replace uvb and basking bulbs every 6 months.
A 50 watt bulb is equivalent to a 150 200 watt standard incandescent bulb.
At 100 watts each one light bulb should be sufficient for heating any bearded dragon tank unless extremely large in which case you would need 2 bulbs.
The higher the wattage of the heat lamp the greater amount of heat it produces.
The substrate will also carry and distribute much of the heat.
Now in the 40 gallon tank the 100w bulb is only heating it to around 80 degrees.
It fits in most zilla fixtures including such as the zilla mini halogen reptile dome heat lamp and zilla heat uvb basking fixture.
Besides this bulb does not generate heat throughout the tank but it is concentrated in a certain area.
I use a 100 watt ceramic heat bulb in other size of dome to keep cage desired temperature near basking and feeding area.
If my beardie is done with her light for the day she will go to cool side n lay on her hammack.
In the minimum 4ft x 2ft x 2ft bearded dragon cage size a 75 watt bulb should be hot enough if the cage is already in your house.
Also i have had fire issues with the larger bulbs.
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For bearded dragons we recommend to use bulbs designed for basking such as the zoo med repti basking bulb or the exo terra intense basking spot bulb.
If you need more than 100 watts for either a larger tank or a tank in a cold room check out t his zacro reptile heat lamp that comes in at 150 watts.
The zoo med reptisun 10 0 t5 ho uvb arcadia desert 12 and arcadia dragon 14 are fluorescent bulbs that don t produce heat but provide plenty of good quality uvb for bearded dragons across the length of the terrarium and the arcadia is especially good.
How much does a bearded dragon cost in electricity.
Best bearded dragon mercury vapor bulb 1.
Regarding on how much bearded dragon costs in electricity it would be hardly anything up to 5 10 month.
We had been using a 100w bulb in our original tank and the temperature was between 95 110 on the warm side.
Heat basking lamps are incandescent bulbs designed to provide radiant heat for your bearded dragon.
The approximate total cost for bearded dragon s lighting and heating 250 300.