And the bulbs do not effect them as much as you are thinking they are.
Ive tried UV bulbs, equivalent household bulbs, blacklights, etc, etc. All the same wattages, the same size with the same temperatures and no differences occur period. If you remove the flourescent bulb you must account for the temperature change without the bulb present, yes they do make alot more heat than you could imagine. I have an albig that as a hatchling used to bask on top of a flourescent light assembly, nowhere near the bulbs, the temperature on that surface was 122 f. The air around the light is increased several degress and thoughout the entire area around the light.
If you make comparisons, you must make them equal and accurate, without the flouescent light you must account for its loss by increasing temps the same way with another source.
I have used 24/7 basking lights on all reptiles for many years now, why is it that I see better results than before I used them?
Its not the UV bulb that does the trick. This was proven many times by independant comparisons, and actual measurements on these bulbs. By the way I could buy those bulbs for $1-3 for tubes, and $5-7 for MV bulbs that sold for 4-5 times those prices.
Its not just monitors, without UV I had beardies kept in many ways similar to monitors produce hundreds of eggs a year, geckos, you name it. We tried this with snakes at a friends for years. Its not just monitors or carnivores, or specific species. Im talking 20 plus years of seeing results with hundreds of species in many collections that use the same simple no frills ideas.
Youve been convinced by sales tactics that you need the equipment that makes those companies money, you see results that are flawed and it supports what they say. Try for yourself, make sure that all comparisons are equal to make an assumption of a product being beneficial.

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