Recent content by lkroland

I have now rebuilt to closed vivarium using an Arcadia 12% HO tube for UVB and floodlight bulbs for heat/basking. The UV reading is 3-4 now, so setup and UV meter seems good. Tortoises seem like they were unhurt, and are walking around more now. Built a closed enclosure, but struggling a bit...

Thanks for comments. It is the 6.5R, yes. The back says its scale goes to 200. If it showed UV-index times 10 then it would have been more correct. I sort of hope there is something wrong with the meter or my understanding. I will try to test outdoor UV, but we have a snow storm outside so it...

Yes, I realize that now. Hence my opening statement about already messing up and that I am preparing to separate them, but that the post was about something else. Thanks for the welcome. Lots of great content here.

Yes, it's an MVB bulb. I have already ordered one of the ones you mentioned after reading the for-newbie-post, so moving forward I expect I won't have the same problem.

Hi. I am new on the forum and new to tortoises. We have two Hermann tortoises and have them in an open box. So when reading a post for newbies here you can see we have already messed up. I am now building a closed enclosure and preparing to separate them, but this post is about something else...