Pascal Rivette
Bearded Dragon Egg
- Messages
- 11
- Location
- Kitchener, Ontario - Canada
Hello Everyone,
I'm very new to this and lighting... Urgh, what a confusing topic! There is so much conflicting information out there it seems. So to save myself many more hours researching I thought I'd just come out and ask...
Everywhere I seem to look for info everyone says to use Reptisun 10.0 tubes and to place them in the viv, however this doesn't really work for me. I can't find Reptisun anywhere in my area yet and I would rather not have to order online every time I need a new bulb. My viv is only 18" tall and it has a fake stone wall at the back that my beardie likes to climb so I can't really hang the tube back there
I'm currently using a Repti Glo Compact 26W in a dome fixture placed on top of the screen, I know this isn't the best and I want to change it. I was thinking of getting this:
First off this was basically designed to fit perfectly on my terrarium, second it will provide coverage across the entire length of my viv, thirdly people keep saying that UVB can be filtered up to 50% through a screen and if that's true, I would have 4 bulbs passing 50%
(However the bulbs state that they are recommended for use with terrariums with screened covers) so that might not even be an issue. And lastly, it is on sale right now at my local Petcetera 
My concern with this UVB setup is the negativity around compact bulbs, but from what I understand the issues compacts have are from the past and because of that everyone stays away from them. The new ones are supposed to be fine now, or so it may seem...
What do you guys think?
Thank you,
Pascal
I'm very new to this and lighting... Urgh, what a confusing topic! There is so much conflicting information out there it seems. So to save myself many more hours researching I thought I'd just come out and ask...
Everywhere I seem to look for info everyone says to use Reptisun 10.0 tubes and to place them in the viv, however this doesn't really work for me. I can't find Reptisun anywhere in my area yet and I would rather not have to order online every time I need a new bulb. My viv is only 18" tall and it has a fake stone wall at the back that my beardie likes to climb so I can't really hang the tube back there
I'm currently using a Repti Glo Compact 26W in a dome fixture placed on top of the screen, I know this isn't the best and I want to change it. I was thinking of getting this:
First off this was basically designed to fit perfectly on my terrarium, second it will provide coverage across the entire length of my viv, thirdly people keep saying that UVB can be filtered up to 50% through a screen and if that's true, I would have 4 bulbs passing 50%
(However the bulbs state that they are recommended for use with terrariums with screened covers) so that might not even be an issue. And lastly, it is on sale right now at my local Petcetera My concern with this UVB setup is the negativity around compact bulbs, but from what I understand the issues compacts have are from the past and because of that everyone stays away from them. The new ones are supposed to be fine now, or so it may seem...
What do you guys think?
Thank you,
Pascal
