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fluorescent lights....

Virago

Virago

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I'm putting lights in my new tank I have a red albino. I thought I read somewhere on here that somebody said fluorescent lights werent good for albinos. If this is true could somebody explain it to me????
 
I wouldn't be concerned with any type of lighting...

If the snake doesn't like it...they will hide.

I currently use fluorescents with all my tanks...and none of them seem to mind...of course all my snakes in the tanks are crepuscular (active at dawn and dusk) and don't come out a whole lot while the lights are on anyway...I ust have the lights to create a photoperiod for them, since they are kept in the basement.
 
i dont use fluorescent any more because it doesnt provide enough heat. heat light bulbs are better and they are more natural like the sun.
 
I don't use bulbs for heat. I have UTH's or FlexWatt...if you do use a bulb for heat...be sure that the snake cannot come into contact with the bulb...this can and will cause some serious burns...also be sure to check your humidity...bulbs can dry the air quite a bit...although corn snakes aren't as sensitive to humidity...this can cause shedding problems.
Cornsnakes don't need natural sunlight, being that they are carnivores and get their calcium from their prey...the reason I provide light is so that they have what is called PHOTOPERIOD...this is a sense of day and night...cornsnakes are crepuscular, active mostly at dawn and dusk.
When the fluorescents go off at night (they are on a timer)...you can go down there about 15 minutes later and flip the room lights on...and sure enough they are ALL out and cruising around their tanks...like clockwork.
 
I have been using fluorescent lights for over 20 years with no ill effects to any snake.
I have snakes in several rooms of my house and just like to see the tanks lit up. Strictly an aesthetics thing, for my benefit. I am a firm believer in under tank heating.
Corns are generally not baskers. Here's a pic of Starfire under full fluorescent glory
 
mbdorfer said:
Corns are generally not baskers.
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I only have one corn so i'm going off her reaction, but i have a red heat lamp that is on 24/7 and my Amel loves to bask she spends probly 3/4 of her time basking, i also have a UTH for her as well
 
Bluebeard said:
I only have one corn so i'm going off her reaction, but i have a red heat lamp that is on 24/7 and my Amel loves to bask she spends probly 3/4 of her time basking, i also have a UTH for her as well
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I would love to catch one of my corns basking, but I've never seen it. Of course I'm here in west central Florida, right smack in their natural range. I wonder if your northern climate comes in to play? Anyone else have "baskers", North or South?
 
mbdorfer said:
Anyone else have "baskers", North or South?
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I'm pretty far north and, unfortunately, my one corn is not a big basker. I'm so jealous of you Bluebeard!
 
Three of mine like to bask at night after 8 or so under the red lamp where their branches are. I wish it were during the day so I could see them better, but I'll take what I've got vs. never seeing them bask at all.
 
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