i recently found a flourescent light that ive have been using for my veiled chameleon. my question is if the light gives off uvb lighting. i checked the bulb and its for reptiles. the name of the brand is REPTI-GLO. does this give off uv light?
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uvb lighting
jeebadog
Mar 05, 2005 01:34 PM
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muskratman
Mar 05, 2005 04:11 PM
what do you mean you found it?
yes repti-glo's give off uvb, although they aren't the best. i use repti-glo 8.0's if i have a reptisun burn out and i don't have a spare. hagen makes them
i tried to switch from the reptisuns to the repti-glos when they first came out because they are cheaper, but they aren't near as good as the reptisuns. the boston school of medicine tested the reptisun 5.0 and iguana light 5.0 (zoomed) against alot of other uvb lights including the repti-glo's. turns out that the reptisuns put out 23 times better (more stable output and distance from bulb is 12" instead of the usual 5"
obviously when i found this out i started changing back over...
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