best heat light for my Russian tort
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My heating/lighting choices are:
for UVB
for heat:
For my outside night house I use radiant heat panels:
for UVB
for heat:
For my outside night house I use radiant heat panels:
What is the wattage on ur tube light?My heating/lighting choices are:
for UVB
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for heat:
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For my outside night house I use radiant heat panels:
Its not that simple...
There are four elements to heating and lighting:
- Basking bulb. I use 65 watt floods from the hardware store. I run them on a timer for about 12 hours and adjust the height to get the correct basking temp under them. I also like to use a flat rock of some sort directly under the bulb.
- Ambient heat maintenance. I use ceramic heating elements or radiant heat panels set on thermostats to maintain ambient above 80 degrees day and night for tropical species. You'd only need day heat for a temperate species like Testudo or DT.
- Light. I use LEDs for this purpose. Something in the 5000-6500K color range will look the best. Most bulbs at the store are in the 2500K range and they look yellowish.
- UV. If you can get your tortoise outside for an hour 2 or 3 times a week, you won't need indoor UV. If you want it anyway, get one of the newer HO type fluorescent tubes. Which type will depend on mounting height. 5.0 bulbs make almost no UV. You need a meter to check this: https://www.solarmeter.com/model65.html
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+1 for 65 watt floods. I use two elevated at least 12 inches from the tortoise’s shell for a large 95-100 degree basking spot 
