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These lamps are touted as being "All in one".
They are sold in several wattage strengths and I purchased a few of these recently for my new Chameleons cages.
To my horror, someone over on the Chameleonforums.com (that has a UV meter) tested some..
At 6" one had a reading as low as 1. Another exact same bulb was an astonishing 43!!!
They are also not long lived and aside from the UVB levels fluctuating so wildly, I can not recommend these for any reason.
Use a simple incandescent bulb for heat in the daytime. A CHE for night. And get a strip florescent light for UVB.
A T8 is acceptable if your tortoise is normally within 10" away from the light and a T5 HO if your animal is more than a foot away.
A 5.0 tube is probably sufficient if you have no screen between the light and your animal. But if there is a screen, it will filter out 50% of the UV. So you should step up to a 10.0 for the same result.
Do not WASTE YOUR MONEY on these EXO TERRA bulbs.
They are sold in several wattage strengths and I purchased a few of these recently for my new Chameleons cages.
To my horror, someone over on the Chameleonforums.com (that has a UV meter) tested some..
At 6" one had a reading as low as 1. Another exact same bulb was an astonishing 43!!!
They are also not long lived and aside from the UVB levels fluctuating so wildly, I can not recommend these for any reason.
Use a simple incandescent bulb for heat in the daytime. A CHE for night. And get a strip florescent light for UVB.
A T8 is acceptable if your tortoise is normally within 10" away from the light and a T5 HO if your animal is more than a foot away.
A 5.0 tube is probably sufficient if you have no screen between the light and your animal. But if there is a screen, it will filter out 50% of the UV. So you should step up to a 10.0 for the same result.
Do not WASTE YOUR MONEY on these EXO TERRA bulbs.