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Postby wastedindustry » Tue Jun 05, 2007 1:35 am

Well I popped to the store yesterday and purchased a blue tinted reflector heat bulb, rigged it to the ceramic bulb holder, and everything looks fine - in fact Lilly appears to love it, lying on the slate and soaking up the rays.

She was a little confused at first about the pattern of light around the sides of her viv - kept trying to crawl up the sides to sniff at them :D

By the way I asked about Mercury Vapour bulbs and the guy at the shop didn't recommend them purely because they can't be used with a thermostat - apparently they explode if they're used with them :?

Next step - 1.2m UV tube installation. That'll happen next month - she still has the little two-foot one for now :)

Again, thanks for your recommendations and advice!

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Postby Richard.C » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:25 am

thats correct,they cant be used with thermostats as they dont like going on and off,or surging,blows them and not covered by warranty then.i personally use household incandesents and flood/spotlights on my lizards,some get uv tubes and some dont,i dont think bluies need it,my stumpies have been indoors for 13 years and never had it and they r perfect looking and the original pair thats been in there since day one have bred the last 4 years straight,perfectly healthy bubs,but believe the may also help to stimulate there behaviours,so cant hurt to use one.
also note that i feed a varied diet and supplement on occaision,but not all that often,no deformities or mbd in my lizards though,i think if u feed them and supplement them enough they will be ok with out the uv but each to there own
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Postby Zach » Tue Jun 05, 2007 6:54 pm

NomadOfTheHills wrote:I wouldn't even consider usign a second bulb if using a MVB lol!




I agree.... :shock:

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Postby Leigh » Wed Jun 06, 2007 4:20 am

wastedindustry wrote:Well I popped to the store yesterday and purchased a blue tinted reflector heat bulb, rigged it to the ceramic bulb holder, and everything looks fine - in fact Lilly appears to love it, lying on the slate and soaking up the rays.

She was a little confused at first about the pattern of light around the sides of her viv - kept trying to crawl up the sides to sniff at them :D

By the way I asked about Mercury Vapour bulbs and the guy at the shop didn't recommend them purely because they can't be used with a thermostat - apparently they explode if they're used with them :?

Next step - 1.2m UV tube installation. That'll happen next month - she still has the little two-foot one for now :)

Again, thanks for your recommendations and advice!



Mate get an R63 reflective spot lamp in normal domestic lamp holder for basking spot, and get the longest UVA/UVB tube you can afford to fit the length of your tank, Repti sun 10 is what I've got,does well I reckon and try to get it to within 12" or lower from the floor for effectively use the UV
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Postby KyleWeiss » Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:05 pm

NomadOfTheHills wrote:That funny, I've actually heard the opposite, that mercury vapor produce a whopping amount of both heat and UVB.


With the exception to those, silly boy. :poor: I've seen bulbs in pet stores that claim to provide UVB lighting AND heat that were simply colored flood lights, basically.

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Postby NomadOfTheHills » Wed Jun 06, 2007 7:26 pm

Ah, I have seen those too haha. You scared me there for a second, I really thought you meant MVBs.
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Postby KyleWeiss » Thu Jun 07, 2007 6:49 pm

NomadOfTheHills wrote:Ah, I have seen those too haha. You scared me there for a second, I really thought you meant MVBs.


I'm not a fan of MVB's for a number of reasons, but yeah, it's those rediculous cheap low-end "all in wonder" bulbs that entice people into poor pet keeping... :hair: Those things straight-up suck.

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Postby kristymac » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:32 pm

I use a mercury vapor bulb. I have a 36X18X12 tank and get just the right temps for the hot and cool ends. From what I have read, I am getting the proper UVA/UVB also.
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