i have talked to bob from reptile uv. and he had told me tht his new SB 100 Series self ballasted UVB bulbs last anywhere from 9 months to a year. some a little longer but if u don't have a UVB meter he said that I should change it once a year. And as for humidity, i have had many different answers about this and I am still a little iffy on how much they need, i keep my tank at 80 percent humidity, do they need more than this?

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The mercury vapors do have a longer lifespan than the flourescents. That along with MUCH more UVB is what is in their favor.
The humidity should be in the range of 65-75 percent. Your 80 is fine but much more and it will grow mold on anything organic inless you have good airflow.

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I did before my computer crashed a couple weeks ago, I lost all of Bud's pix too. Even the ones where he was tiny and sitting on my window seal looking outside, then the comparison pic of him a few months ago sitting the same way. But my brother's (Daniel) was this massive, brown/grey/blue five foot long iguana that had a huge head with two thick lumps like a crown at the top of his neck. Like how the green iguanas have them, but they're soft and squishy, but these were hard and thick, almost protruding out like little horns. He had a little flimsy horn on his nose, too. This guy here, looks simliar, but he's minus the head-horn-things:

He said it was from Peru, and they live on rocks, ect in that area... so I don't know. I just know my brother took really good care of Daniel and he (Daniel) was at least 10 or 11 when he had to be put down. But he was a beautiful iguana... I really miss him being around.

The tube might need to be replaced then... I'll hafta wait until I get paid and I'll splurge and get the MegaRay UVB I've heard so much about.

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The picture you posted is a green iguana but it sounds like you are describing one of the cyclura species, also known as rhinoceros iguana or Cuban rock iguana. They come from islands in the Caribbean not Peru. And they are much more expensive than the greens and some of them are a protected species.
But they are awsome looking animals! Particularly the Blue iguanas!
Check out the cyclura sites and see if that is what Daniel was.

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I've scoured through several pages and not found one that looks like Daniel did as an adult. I'm very, very certain he wasn't a green iguana. The closest I've found to him is this Cuban Rock:

But that one is still lacking the flimsy little horn on his nose. It kinda looked like a little horn, but was barely attached or like it was made of some kind of rubber.
We talked last night about Daniel and he said that he ordered him from a seller here in Indiana and he got two for around $60. They were both the same and named them Jack and Daniel (yes, after the alcohol )... Jack had to be put down early because of other complications, but Daniel lived on for 11 years or so. He turned pretty aggressive in the end and wouldn't eat. We took him to the same vet I use today and the vet couldn't figure out what was wrong with Daniel. It was just a sad and slow process to watch him stop being himself. He was just so big that he was such an awesome lizard to have around. Bud got to meet him once before the end, heh.

And yeah, the what... Grand Cayman blue iguanas are beautiful. I had one as my PC's desktop for a few months.

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Oh thank God. The pix of babyBud were on my secondary Photobucket.




Eee!

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Hello,

That little horn you mentioned on the iguanas nose is called a Rostral horn. Some iguanas retain it, others lose it as they mature or right after pipping. When they are young (hatchlings) it is what they use to open the egg so they can get out.

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Oh... Can iguana's retain them for 11 years though?

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Sure, though most rub them off at some point in their captive life.

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And cyclura can also have rostral horns, thus the term "Rhinocerous Iguana".
http://www.bluetegu.com/gallery/rhin...guana-pair.jpg

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