Light and Heat Help

[Stribe]

I love glass lids. I use UVB lights, which do not go through glass lids. I lift the front of the glass lids up for a portion of the day and prop them there for them to get the UVB.

As far as heat I love the UTH's from reptilebasics.com beanfarm.com has them also.

Heat lamps will cause glass to break, but not fluorescent bulbs.

For how many hours do you give them UVB that way?
I want to do the same thing when I get my new tank. I read somewhere that you can mount a UVB lamp inside the tank with velcro or something like that, put the thought scares me a little. Electricity in humid surroundings and all that. I would rather do what you are doing

I mounted my UVB lights inside both my Bamboo tank (120G) and the 125G+40B topper. I have it so they can't reach the cords. And there's only like a 1/2 inch worth of cord in each setup. I used the mounting hardware that came with it. I run my lights on a natural day cycle like it would be in the wild... 10 hrs winter, 12 hrs spring and fall, & 14 hrs during the summer.

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Which brand and name is your UVB lamp? And would you happen to have a picture so I can see how to mount it inside?

[Stribe]

daws 409, sorry I got the whole quoting thing wrong, I am not too good posting here. My question about mounting the UVB was for you

[daws409]

daws 409, sorry I got the whole quoting thing wrong, I am not too good posting here. My question about mounting the UVB was for you

Give me about 30 mins and I'll get all questions answered... Gotta run kids to school.

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[GotButterflies]

Www.reptilebasics.com we messaged about them.


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[GotButterflies]

Lol, we posted seconds apart!


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[daws409]

Lol, we posted seconds apart!


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Lol!

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[daws409]

So here's pics. I hope u can see them well. It's attached to a piece of lexan. Plexiglass was too flimsy to attach it too. I used all mounting hardware except for the screws (I attached pics of these). Ignore the blue tape. It's the 12 inch substrate line...

My UVB came from reptile basics. They come in 24, 32, and 48 inches. The bulbs have to be replaced once a year.
Fixture: http://www.reptilebasics.com/t5-light-f ... -strip-24/
Bulb: http://www.reptilebasics.com/arcadia-fo ... af1b13.jpg[/img]

Edit- they come in 36 not 32... There are holes drilled in lexan. Didn't know if you can see them...

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[GotButterflies]

That looks great Daws!


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[Stribe]

So here's pics. I hope u can see them well. It's attached to a piece of lexan. Plexiglass was too flimsy to attach it too. I used all mounting hardware except for the screws (I attached pics of these). Ignore the blue tape. It's the 12 inch substrate line...

My UVB came from reptile basics. They come in 24, 32, and 48 inches. The bulbs have to be replaced once a year.
Fixture: http://www.reptilebasics.com/t5-light-f ... -strip-24/
Bulb: http://www.reptilebasics.com/arcadia-fo ... af1b13.jpg[/img]

Edit- they come in 36 not 32... There are holes drilled in lexan. Didn't know if you can see them...

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Thank you so much for explanation and pictures, I really appreciate it

[daws409]

Thank you so much for explanation and pictures, I really appreciate it

You're welcome!

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