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I am in the process of replacing my beardies UVB bulb, i have been reading over the UVB test charts on beautifuldragons.net. All that information is great but unfortunately it means nothing to me, i understand the chart and the process of the experiment but i dont understand the numbers.

I guess my question is how much UVB, measured in uW/cm2 is optimal for a healthy adult beardie?
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0.1 Bearded dragon
0.1 mexican kingsnake
1.0.2 Leopard Gecko's
0.0.1 Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0 BTS
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
0.1 Bullmastiff
4.1 Cats

When you go to buy your bulb the are going to be labled things like 2.0, 5.0, etc. You definitely want a 7.0 or 10.0 bulb, this provides 7% and 10% uvb, respectively, which are levels appropriate to desert dwelling lizards.

cool! I will just buy one of the new 10.0 bulbs then, i had always gone by the 7.0, i just was trying to make sense of the more technical side of it, but i guess if what im doing is ok then there is no need
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0.1 Bearded dragon
0.1 mexican kingsnake
1.0.2 Leopard Gecko's
0.0.1 Rose Hair Tarantula
1.0 BTS
0.0.1 Reverse Okeetee Corn
0.1 Bullmastiff
4.1 Cats