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I was wondering if anyone has tried the esu super uv coil bulb and if so how good is it?Does it put off enough heat for a bearded dragon in a 20 gal tank?Thanks
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esu's super coils only give off 3% uvb not nearly enough..it could be used in addition to a esu super uvb tube that also gives off 3% uvb..but it would just be cheaper to get a reptisun 5.0 tube and a household bulb for heat...

and i don't really know how much heat one of those gives off.. but when i thought about getting them for a water dragon cage i believe it was too long for a reflector dome.. they do best in a hood where the bulb is placed horizontally thus given off less direct heat..

hope that helps

but again it doesn't give off a lot of uvb

alissa

Thanks for the reply.I have a 5.0 bulb now but I was just thinking about getting one of the bulbs that puts off both heat and uvb.
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Proud owner of:
0.1 Red Tail Boa,
1.0 Red Tail Boa,
0.1 Reticulated Python,
0.1 Green Burmese Python,
1.0 Bearded Dragon,
0.1 Leopard Gecko

in that case i would go for a mercury vapor bulbs.. but i would wait until you have a bigger cage becuase a lot of those bulbs give off too much heat for such a little cage

alissa

yeah thats what I was thinking im going to build a rack for my snakes and then use that tank its 4`x2`x2`
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Proud owner of:
0.1 Red Tail Boa,
1.0 Red Tail Boa,
0.1 Reticulated Python,
0.1 Green Burmese Python,
1.0 Bearded Dragon,
0.1 Leopard Gecko

No not enough heat, and the uvb rays don't reach to far past the bulb. Best bet is to go with the repti-sun and have a basking spot the gets close to that bulb,and a regular bulb for heat.
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