Is a 10 watts 750 lumens light enough for a turtle or tortoise?

[PlanetGio]

Is a 10 watts 750 lumens light enough for a turtle or tortoise?

 

[JoesMum]

Is a 10 watts 750 lumens light enough for a turtle or tortoise?

It depends what you want to do with it.

Nowhere near hot enough for basking..

Might be right if it's a UVB fluorescent tube, but that isn't what I would look at.

If all you need is to make it a bit brighter then fine

 

[PlanetGio]

It depends what you want to do with it.

Nowhere near hot enough for basking..

Might be right if it's a UVB fluorescent tube, but that isn't what I would look at.

If all you need is to make it a bit brighter then fine

this is how it looks like

 

[PlanetGio]

I have a 9.5 watts, 60 watts replacements 800 lumens. 11.5 watts, 65 watts replacement 750 lumens. 10 watts, 65 watts replacement 750 lumens. Which one is best to keep your turtle or tortoise warm.

 

[JoesMum]

this is how it looks like

No good for anything except making things brighter.

You need a spot 75W+ reflective spot lamp for basking and a separate specialist reptile fluorescent tube bulb for UVB.

 

[JoesMum]

I have a 9.5 watts, 60 watts replacements 800 lumens. 11.5 watts, 65 watts replacement 750 lumens. 10 watts, 65 watts replacement 750 lumens. Which one is best to keep your turtle or tortoise warm.

Answered in your other thread

 

[PlanetGio]

It depends what you want to do with it.

Nowhere near hot enough for basking..

Might be right if it's a UVB fluorescent tube, but that isn't what I would look at.

If all you need is to make it a bit brighter then fine

I have a 9.5 watts, 60 watts replacements 800 lumens. 11.5 watts, 65 watts replacement 750 lumens. 10 watts, 65 watts replacement 750 lumens

No good for anything except making things brighter.

You need a spot 75W+ reflective spot lamp for basking and a separate specialist reptile fluorescent tube bulb for UVB.

alright thanks

 

[Loohan]

If all you want is to provide light to keep them from brumating, i find 7.5W incandescents work fine with my boxies.

 

[PlanetGio]

If all you want is to provide light to keep them from brumating, i find 7.5W incandescents work fine with my boxies.

i dont have a 7.5, i got a 9.5, 11.5, and a 10

 

[Tom]

this is how it looks like

This type of bulb should not be used over tortoises or other animals. They sometimes cause eye damage.

There are four elements to heating and lighting:

1. Basking bulb. I use 65 watt floods from the hardware store. I run them on a timer and adjust the height to get the correct basking temp under them.
2. 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.
3. Light. I use florescent tubes or LEDs for this purpose. Something in the 5000-6500K color range will look the best. Most tubes at the store are in the 2500K range and they look yellowish.
4. 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.

For a Russian tortoise that lives in a normal heated home in a bright room, and gets outside in the sunshine a couple of times a week or more, you might only need #1. Your thermometers and your tortoise will tell you this answer.