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use one of those fake rock bowls, thats what i have. the damn thing weighs a ton. as far as the lamp goes, when i owned a few reptiles as a teenager at a time, i had a similar issue - heres a quick and easy fix. . and i suggest this for ANYONE worried about a lamp falling over and making a fire that owns a screen top. put your lamp on top of your screen, outline,mark it, you can even just rub it in a circular motion to make a outline. then take a knife, and make 6 or 8 holes AROUND the outline you made, just big enough to fit a small bolt through, maybe a inch long bolt. you can use very small diameter ones. just make sure you leave enough room for your light to fit inside the middle, then once the holes are cut, put the 6 or 8 bolts into the holes, and then torque nut onto all 6 or 8 of them. like i said, leave some room, because the lamps going to have to clear the bolts. and there we a go, a perfect lamp holder, the lamp cant slide off the tank no matter what, its locked in when its placed down. if your reptile rubs its nose on the top of the screen or anything like that, and your afraid its going to hit its nose on the edge of the nut you can buy plastic epoxy, the really hard plastic repair stuff, and put it around the bolts and shape it smooth to the screen very easily, just remember to let it dry before you put it back on, it could get on your lizards face and make it sick. after its dry wipe it off real good to get rid of any residue. its what i used to do in the past, with my old enclosures. im going to have to do that with my new setup soon i think just for peice of mind. its a very good peice of mind knowing your light wont fall over and catch the carpet on fire!!!!!

<blockquote data-quote="Guest" data-source="post: 72702"><p>use one of those fake rock bowls, thats what i have. the damn thing weighs a ton. as far as the lamp goes, when i owned a few reptiles as a teenager at a time, i had a similar issue - heres a quick and easy fix. . and i suggest this for ANYONE worried about a lamp falling over and making a fire that owns a screen top. put your lamp on top of your screen, outline,mark it, you can even just rub it in a circular motion to make a outline.&nbsp; then take a knife, and make 6 or 8 holes AROUND the outline you made, just big enough to fit a small bolt through, maybe a inch long bolt. you can use very small diameter ones. just make sure you leave enough room for your light to fit inside the middle, then once the holes are cut, put the 6 or 8 bolts into the holes, and then torque nut onto all 6 or 8 of them. like i said, leave some room, because the lamps going to have to clear the bolts. and there we a go, a perfect lamp holder, the lamp cant slide off the tank no matter what, its locked in when its placed down. if your reptile rubs its nose on the top of the screen or anything like that, and your afraid its going to hit its nose on the edge of the nut you can buy plastic epoxy, the really hard plastic repair stuff, and put it around the bolts and shape it smooth to the screen very easily, just remember to let it dry before you put it back on, it could get on your lizards face and make it sick. after its dry wipe it off real good to get rid of any residue. its what i used to do in the past, with my old enclosures. im going to have to do that with my new setup soon i think just for peice of mind. its a very good peice of mind knowing your light wont fall over and catch the carpet on fire!!!!!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Guest, post: 72702"] use one of those fake rock bowls, thats what i have. the damn thing weighs a ton. as far as the lamp goes, when i owned a few reptiles as a teenager at a time, i had a similar issue - heres a quick and easy fix. . and i suggest this for ANYONE worried about a lamp falling over and making a fire that owns a screen top. put your lamp on top of your screen, outline,mark it, you can even just rub it in a circular motion to make a outline. then take a knife, and make 6 or 8 holes AROUND the outline you made, just big enough to fit a small bolt through, maybe a inch long bolt. you can use very small diameter ones. just make sure you leave enough room for your light to fit inside the middle, then once the holes are cut, put the 6 or 8 bolts into the holes, and then torque nut onto all 6 or 8 of them. like i said, leave some room, because the lamps going to have to clear the bolts. and there we a go, a perfect lamp holder, the lamp cant slide off the tank no matter what, its locked in when its placed down. if your reptile rubs its nose on the top of the screen or anything like that, and your afraid its going to hit its nose on the edge of the nut you can buy plastic epoxy, the really hard plastic repair stuff, and put it around the bolts and shape it smooth to the screen very easily, just remember to let it dry before you put it back on, it could get on your lizards face and make it sick. after its dry wipe it off real good to get rid of any residue. its what i used to do in the past, with my old enclosures. im going to have to do that with my new setup soon i think just for peice of mind. its a very good peice of mind knowing your light wont fall over and catch the carpet on fire!!!!! [/QUOTE]

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