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Oscar
Snake Mite

United Kingdom
30 Posts
Posted - 11/05/2012 :  20:30:47  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
is lighting really needed? as i have just bought my new lx viv and haven't looked into lighting until now, just curious if lighting is needed for sid or if sunlight is enough?

ScalySituation
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
5292 Posts
Posted - 11/05/2012 :  20:32:46  Show Profile  Visit ScalySituation's Homepage  Click to see ScalySituation's MSN Messenger address  Reply with Quote
not needed, but nice if u wanna watch him in the evenings
1.0.0 Butter motley corn (Sheldon)
0.1.0 Caramel Corn (Maggie)
0.1.0 Caramel motley corn (Echo)
1.0.0 Cat (Angus)
1 mealworm colony
RIP Skye x
Sleep well Sonny, Mummy loves you xx
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Georgina
Fully Grown Corn

United Kingdom
2382 Posts
Posted - 11/05/2012 :  20:36:55  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Aslong as its not direct sunlight that's all that's needed as scaly said, led lights can be installed for viewing x
1.0 western hognose (hero)
1.0 phantom reverse pin dal brindle crested gecko (goyle)
0.2 red dal red harly (sprite) 99% full pin Harley crested gecko (TuLong)
0.0.3 miomantis paykullii
0.0.3 Bombina orientalis (oriental fire bellied toad)
0.3 fancy mice (snap, crackle and pop)
1.0 yorkshire terrier (jasper)
2.1 cats (echo, shadow and pokey)
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viraleye
Yearling

United Kingdom
695 Posts
Posted - 11/05/2012 :  20:39:26  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
its not needed but if you do its best to stay away from normal lights which create unwanted heat and go down the route of LED's which look pretty dam cool! also pretty cheap!
1.0.0 Cyrus - Amel het Anery ph Hypo - CURRENTLY AWOL
0.1.0 Diamond - Avalanche ph Charcoal, Hypo
1.0.0 Garland - Bloodred het Hypo
1.0.0 Pinball - Carolina
0.1.0 Casey - Hypo Lavender Stripe het Amel
0.0.1 - No Name Yet - Crested Gecko
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