My animals dont "require" UVB lighting but I have also been told there may be some benefit to letting them have UVB lighting. My cages are set up like a rack in that they are all stacked so its like a wall of cages. They get some sunlight but its not direct sunlight.



I was wondering if this would work and give them some UVB loveing as an alternative to purchaseing a lot of fluorescent fixtures and installing them in all my tanks as they dont require the light. If I took either a couple long fluorescent UVB fixtures or a couple adjustable incandescent light fixtures and put them on so the light was pointed at the tanks would that give them some UVB or would it not really do much? I wouldnt put it too close more like trying to get a few fixtures to spread the light over all the tanks so they get some UVB but not heat. Acrylic or Glass viewing areas. I am not sure if that would get through and give them a little UVB or its not close enough and they wont really get any.



Also I was just wondering what do people do that have rack systems/setups for animals that require UVB lighting? Do you just have to get a bunch of fixtures and make the rack larger?

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• Alt UVB lighting solution & rack UVB? - Omnivorous, Fri Mar 13 17:11:16 2009
• RE: Alt UVB lighting solution & rack UVB? - chris allen, Sun Mar 15 12:41:52 2009