25 uvb long bulb okay if further?

Okay so i got a good deal for a fixture and bulb together but the bulb that came with is a tropical bulb 25uvb. its about 18inches above my beardy. does any one know if thats okay or if it can hurt her?

Is that bulb designed for plants or reptiles?
Not familiar with your bulb but beardies need a good source of high UV light or they can have bad skeletal problems. I would recommend getting a bulb that is specifically designed for reptiles and even those loose UV potency with time and need to be replaced. Very important for a healthy beardie.

reptiles, just tropical ones by r-zilla

Soooo its not letting me edit my post but here is an update....

http://www.zilla-rules.com/products/...cent-bulbs.htm

This is the bulb that is currently on her cage, its through a wire screen and at least 10+ inches away from the height she will ever get.

We use the desert bulbs for our beardie. 10.0 Exo-Terra 18" long bulb about 17" from our beardie.

It might just not give off enough UVB since it's a tropical and not a desert bulb, so it emits half as much UVB as a desert bulb [from their website in the descriptions].

25" is to far to do much good.

All my dragon cages are set up so that the dragons can bask at around 8" from the bulb, I use 24" 10.0 UVB zoo med bulbs.