Reptiglo light for bearded dragon?

Hi dill. I don't know what river is talking about. It sounds like be doesn't know the difference btw basking lights and UVB lights. And you should never be keeping lights on overnight. So here's the deal with the compact repti glo lights - they are fine. Years ago, they had problems with them emitting too much light and causing severe eye problems in reptiles. This problem has since been fixed and they have Been tested and re tested and they're safe to use. The reason they aren't the best is that they provide UVB in a localized area, as opposed to the linear tubes, which provide UVB rays throughout the length of the cage. I've used the repti glo compact bulbs with my male Beardie who was a tiny hatchling when I got him and he's now about a year and a half. He's healthy as could be and has never experienced any health issues. He spends 95% of his day under his head light and UVB light though. I use a double dome and screw a 100 bulb into one and a 10.0 UVB compact bulb into the other. Your dragon should be basking most of his day too so as long as the compact bulb is on the hot side and hes benefitting from it then it's all good. If he's spending more than 10-15% of his day on his cool side then that's a whole other issue as beardies tend to bask all day.

If u go with the reptisun linear tube (which I admit are great) then you dont need One of those hoods, you can go to any hardware store and purchase an outlet to screw it into, then just place it on top of the mesh top.

So in short, the linear repti sun uvbs are great and I would highly recommend them but there are no serious issues with the repti glo uvbs either - compact or linear. In Canada, we only have repti glo and I've found them to work great.

The lumps on your little guy - I don't know, a pic may help.

Good luck.

As long as he has the warmth he needs any kind of heat bulb works but they need to be separated from the reptile by metal screening of some sort if the reptile can get to the bulb, we use metal shop lights with metal or ceramic sockets attached to inline dimmer switches to regulate temps - available @ hardware stores and he needs Full Spectrum UV Lighting - florescent lights are best which all need the proper fixture to work , to the full length of the vivarium if possible , I do not know what reptiglo lights are , UV needs to be on 24/7 , heat lamps can be turned off as long as the heat the Beardie needs are met - usually 90 degree's or so , they like and need a lot of warmth ! The only vitamins needed are calcium +D3 , too many vitamins can be deadly & I don't know what this gutload is but all he needs is calcium +D3 ! You might like a site I know for more info called eastbayvivarium.com they're reptile experts ! Take Care

The compact bulbs do not put out enough UVB rays necessary for the dragon to digest his calcium. Also, they can cause eye problems. What you need is a reptiSun 10.0 linear tube. You need to mount it in the tank under the screen and nothing should be blocking it. As for the bumps, i can't really help you without a picture.