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kurpak
at Wed Feb 14 19:33:58 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by kurpak ]
Yes! If you don't have one already, I would invest in a good
uvb meter so you can dial in the correct distances with the uv output.
http://reptileuv.com/solartech-solarmeter-uvb-meter-model-6.2.php
I've been looking at the hydrolux blue bulbs,
also the philips daylight something? The spectrums are supposed to be very close to daylight (96 cri or something)
I'm not sure on uv output of these bulbs tho, I've heard they don't put out any because of the double glass construction of the bulb, but I don't know because i've never used them. Metal halide lighting can be very similar to natural sunlight if the correct spectrum bulbs are used. The added bonus of using these lights is getting plants to grow like mad, and even flower in your enclosures..really cool. I think with quads you would just need to make sure and heaaaavily plant the cage, so the light is pretty filtered where the animals will be perching.
I know there is a chameleon book out that talks about metal halide lighting, can't think of the name now 
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RE: Metal Halide lighting over large cages? - kurpak, Wed Feb 14 19:33:58 2007