Tnewton said:MVB bulbs suck.
What makes you say this? Did you have a bad experience with one?
Tnewton said:MVB bulbs suck.
Tom said:Tnewton said:MVB bulbs suck.
What makes you say this? Did you have a bad experience with one?
Tnewton said:Tom,
Yeah, I have found that they tend to loose the ability to produce uvb rather quickly. I think most people think there actually getting a product that is going to be beneficial to there animals for roughly at least 6 months when in reality after 2-3 months uvb is severly depleted, at least from what im seeing from mine and there rather new and have read several complaints along the same lines. I think that for 70 bucks for a powersun bulb, most would be better going with a straight uvb tube and regular light bulb
Tom said:Tnewton said:MVB bulbs suck.
What makes you say this? Did you have a bad experience with one?
Tnewton said:Tom,
Yeah, I have found that they tend to loose the ability to produce uvb rather quickly. I think most people think there actually getting a product that is going to be beneficial to there animals for roughly at least 6 months when in reality after 2-3 months uvb is severly depleted, at least from what im seeing from mine and there rather new and have read several complaints along the same lines. I think that for 70 bucks for a powersun bulb, most would be better going with a straight uvb tube and regular light bulb
Tom said:Tnewton said:MVB bulbs suck.
What makes you say this? Did you have a bad experience with one?
Cory said:I have a deep dome fixture on a stand so i can move it up and down, so that's not an issue. I put on one of the aquarium tops (the glass covers) and the humidity is at 65 with only the plant lights going so thats and improvement, And as far as the CHE I'm not to sure I have enough room for another fixture in the tank unless I removed the top and then it will be an issue with humidity, so my question now is should or could i go with an under tank heater for the cool side and just put it on a thermostat or is that a bad idea. Thanks in advance all your advice is great and much appreciated.
fbsmith3 said:I have a Zoomet ReptiSun 5.0 Compact Fluorescent. It came in a combo pack with the Basking bulb. My BT loves the basking bulb and it regulated the temperature so well on the hot side.
I'll probally just use the ReptiSun as an expensive plant light and continue to use the Florescent tube plant light to get her the UVB. Lesson learned.
Cory said:Ok so what wattage should I go with for the CHE? I guess I will plan on running it 24/7