With things like low wattage over high wattage. You know, european settlers made big fire sat far away, native americans, make little fire sit close, type of thing. There is far more.



To use all these complicated terms and such, is mostly not the best approach. What is a very good approach is results. This non-UV bulbs, approach is proven to work very well and in most cases far superior. As in, its not theory, its known and proven.



As In, I alone have raised many many types of reptiles, all without these fancy dancy UV bulbs, I have raised them strong, healthy, colorful, and they become parents to offspring of the same quality. I have done this thru generation after generation.



All that means is simple. You do not need UV bulbs as they are of no direct benefit. Oh except one. And that one is very important. Many newbies do not understand how to use any litebulb. So because a vendor told them to set up the cage with this and that litebulb, they do so. And surely its better then is they used no lite bulbs what so ever. So as a starter kit to understanding, its not all that bad, but not all that good either, its only a start.



As you learn, you learn to achieve success in captivity is not about one lite or one temps, or one hide(that hide thing makes me upchuck) You learn to offer a choice of the above, how they use those choices is how well they will progress.



In otherwords, a superior range of choices allows reptiles to achieve results close to the genetic potential. A poor rang will allow the opposite. IT will allow failure or minimum results.



All animals have a minimum and a maximum range of potential. To simply keep a reptile alive is very naive and very simple. Cheers

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