Plant light
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No it is not safe, and no they will not usually grow with regular lights. Some low light house plants are safe, but they will need to be in pots if you don't want them destroyed.
Another way to do it is to grow your plants in trays either outside, or under plant bulbs inside. Sink the first tray into the substrate so the rim is near level with the surface. When the first tray is all eaten and trampled, replace it with tray number two. If you have several trays going, the first ones can be recovering and re-growing white the tortoise tramples and eats the next one.
Another way to do it is to grow your plants in trays either outside, or under plant bulbs inside. Sink the first tray into the substrate so the rim is near level with the surface. When the first tray is all eaten and trampled, replace it with tray number two. If you have several trays going, the first ones can be recovering and re-growing white the tortoise tramples and eats the next one.
I can't take credit for it. I can't remember where I learned that one, but it was likely from @Yvonne G .
Most plant grow lights are engineered to produce the spectrum of light that most benefits plants and encourages plant growth. Not necessarily mimicking the full spectrum of the sun's rays.
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It depends on the type of plant light. 6500K T5 HO tubes are more than just okay, they are great additional light. I also use Blue Max tubes which tend to put out a greater proportion of light on the blue side of the spectrum. Such as these and the '2 foot' tube. https://www.fullspectrumsolutions.c...finition-fluorescent-tube?variant=45464796238
I have been using these two kinds of tubes in combination for 5 years now and have raised several hundred leopard tortoises with them.
I have even grown one cohort of leopards using only these light and no UV at all, with D3 being delivered in their food. Otherwise I have used UV emitting tubes as well.
When I put food into an enclosure the food under the BlueMax tube is consumed first, then about the same for the 6500 K plant light and the UV tubes.
I have been using these two kinds of tubes in combination for 5 years now and have raised several hundred leopard tortoises with them.
I have even grown one cohort of leopards using only these light and no UV at all, with D3 being delivered in their food. Otherwise I have used UV emitting tubes as well.
When I put food into an enclosure the food under the BlueMax tube is consumed first, then about the same for the 6500 K plant light and the UV tubes.
