Amconaway88
New Member
Hello everyone! I hope you are all doing well this evening! I have a quick question about lighting...specifically UVB lighting. Our little redfoot hatchling is still acclimating to his new environment, and it's currently been interesting trying to fix all of the little mistakes we made due to the massive amount of conflicting information out there! Man, every time I think I've got the right product I find out that it's actually horrible...pretty sure all the people at the stores are quite tired of exchanging products for me
Anyways...we had originally bought the wrong UVB bulb and discovered it was the coil kind that can hurt Mikey's (yeah...cliche, I know...but my husband and kids wouldn't listen to reason) eyes. I returned the bulb immediately and am trying to find the right one...currently the research I've done says that the mercury vapor bulbs are the best because they put out heat as well as a decent amount of UVB. Are mercury vapor bulbs good? I really hate to buy another bulb just to find out it's all wrong...ugh! Thanks in advance!!!
Anyways...we had originally bought the wrong UVB bulb and discovered it was the coil kind that can hurt Mikey's (yeah...cliche, I know...but my husband and kids wouldn't listen to reason) eyes. I returned the bulb immediately and am trying to find the right one...currently the research I've done says that the mercury vapor bulbs are the best because they put out heat as well as a decent amount of UVB. Are mercury vapor bulbs good? I really hate to buy another bulb just to find out it's all wrong...ugh! Thanks in advance!!!