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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
MVB's are good, I've used them with beardies before. Cheaper online! There $90n at Petco, $40 online! They are heat and UVB in one bulb.
The long tube like kind of flourescents also don't seem to pose a problem, all of my reptiles have done good on them. You can get lower UVB emmiting ones too.
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
I have used the compact UVB bulb with my water turtles for over 2 years now with no problems what so ever.
I know that turtles don't get the same amount of UVB exposure as Beardies or Geckos since that are in the water most of the time and UVB don't penetrate the water very deep. I am on a turtle forum and I have never heard of the compacts causing problems.
Then again my bulbs are far enough from where the turtle basks and most of them are mud turtles that bask very little. I will research more on this.
By the way, you got very map turtles there! I don't know which subspecies, but you could always post pictures on this forum in the turtle identification section, there is a few experts on there and they can identify anything blindfolded
http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upl...?showforum=111
Edit: I clicked the link about the surveys and they said the tests were done in 2005 and the compact bulbs emitting have been changed since then thus the results are no longer applicable and new tests are in progress.
Last edited by Mephys; 08-03-2010 at 02:49 AM.
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
I am on the same forum and there have been threads about the compact uv bulbs causing problems the search doesnt seem to be working tho. Will look better after lunch
Last edited by Christine; 08-03-2010 at 11:51 AM.
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
I went to the petstore yesterday looking for a lighting alternative.
I found this one that will also fit in the hood that I already have:
It is a different type of compact UVB... it doesn't "coil" but is mostly straight with a u-shape on the end. Is this bad too?
Okay, I'm joining that other forum. Same name. Hope to see you there.
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
Originally Posted by Mephys
I have used the compact UVB bulb with my water turtles for over 2 years now with no problems what so ever.
Edit: I clicked the link about the surveys and they said the tests were done in 2005 and the compact bulbs emitting have been changed since then thus the results are no longer applicable and new tests are in progress.
I think it is from what you said, they do not use it very often. If at all actually, I would still change it. And no, it does not matter that the tests are no longer applicable. I treated that tortoise in that video one year ago, 2009, so obviously there is still a problem with the new bulbs.
Originally Posted by anatess
I went to the petstore yesterday looking for a lighting alternative.
I found this one that will also fit in the hood that I already have:
It is a different type of compact UVB... it doesn't "coil" but is mostly straight with a u-shape on the end. Is this bad too?
Okay, I'm joining that other forum. Same name. Hope to see you there.
Still bad. Does the hood you have make the bulb point sideways? ( That is what I see most do) if it does you do not want the hood as it is, compact or not.
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
Originally Posted by Christine
I am on the same forum and there have been threads about the compact uv bulbs causing problems the search doesnt seem to be working tho. Will look better after lunch
The search option on TF have been broken for a while so when doing a search you need to use google or yahoo and type what you are looking for followed by turtle forum in it.
Bearded dragon: I see you asking if the bulb is pointed sideways or straight, does that make a difference ? Because I use clamp lamps so the bulbs are pointing down.
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
here is another one
http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upl...owtopic=109533
Here is a pinned topic in the habitats section about the problems associated with these kinds of light
http://www.turtleforum.com/forum/upl...owtopic=113523
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
Thanks Christine, I'm going through them right now.
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Re: Adopted turtles... don't know what they are, can anybody help?
I've tried signing up on that forum twice now and I haven't been able to, I don't think they want me over there.
Thanks for the links though, very interesting reading.
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