The Ultimate Bearded Dragon Lighting Setup - Upgrading Lighting for Bearded Dragon Setup

Today, I remove all of the lighting from my bearded dragon setup, then put it all back alongside a new lamp. I then explain why the new arrangement constitutes a much better bearded dragon lighting setup.

Reptile lighting is all about replicating sunlight. We should be using lamps to replicate in both form and intensity the sunlight to which the herps we are keeping would expose themselves in nature; for bearded dragons, this means reasonably intense useful infrared (consisting of infrared A and infrared B), plenty of visible light, and UV indices ranging from ~5 at the basking area to 0 in the shade. We should also seek to replicate the changes in lighting which would naturally occur throughout the day, having the longest wavelengths becoming present earliest and disappearing latest. (Although I didn't talk about it in today's video, we should also wish to replicate yearly changes in sunlight conditions, altering day length depending on season - that's one for another day.)
What bearded dragon lighting is NOT about is offering temperatures. Not once in this episode did I mention temperatures, and for good reason: replicating sunlight is one thing, maintaining temperatures another. I will be back in a future video to discuss this concept in more detail.


Below you can find some of the different lamps used and discussed in this video. As an Amazon associate, I earn a commission when you purchase through these links, but you don't pay any extra by using them.

Complete kits -

Bearded Dragon Lighting Kit (UK): https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/updated-b...
Bearded Dragon Lighting Kit (US): https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/updated-b...
Bearded Dragon Lighting Kit (Ca): https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/updated-b...

Separate items -

UK:
Metal Halides & Equipment - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/metal-hal...
Linear Fluorescent UV Lamps & Tech - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/linear-fl...
LED Lighting - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/led-light...
Tungsten Halogen Lamps & Fittings - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/tungsten-...

US:
Zoo Med PowerSun Metal Halide Kit - https://amzn.to/3suYrwm
Linear Fluorescent UV Lamps & Tech - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/linear-fl...
LED Lighting - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/led-light...
Tungsten Halogen Lamps - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/tungsten-...

Ca:
Zoo Med PowerSun Metal Halide Kit - https://amzn.to/3igD7Gq
Linear Fluorescent UV Lamps & Tech - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/linear-fl...
LED Lighting - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/led-light...
Tungsten Halogen Lamps - https://kit.co/JTB_Reptiles/tungsten-...

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