The light is a bit bright not very though. His eyes weren't open at the reptile expo i just thought he was resting. I got a closer look at his eyes today and i found that one is open while the other is closed.
I use a 75 watt bulb for the day but the room he is kept in gets pretty hot so that raises the temp. And i read that coir gets stuck in their eyes so i tried to stay away from that. I do have organic soil that i use for my Russian. I could use that for this one too.