Best lighting for display?

[littlebiatatime]

In the fish world, lighting can get pretty expensive. Anyone experiment with different lighting setups to see what brings out the best best colors in their snakes? I realize a lot of people here keep their animals on racks, which is fine, but I'm guessing there are a few that put a lot of effort into having their animals be front and center.


Thanks,

would be awesome to see a set of what you guys think are amazing setups.

[I-KandyReptiles]

In this cage, there's a fluorescent tube light encased so the snake cannot reach it.

You can kind of see it here:

[nick654377]

floresent tube with a 2.0 bulb. nice and white and bright. also gives your uv rays.

[The Serpent Merchant]

Zoo-Med Reptisun/Naturesun 2.0 bulbs. They are full spectrum bulbs that make a display cage look great.







Comparison between a normal T8 Fluorescent tube and a Zoo-Med Naturesun 2.0 bulb:

(Zoo-Med bulb on the right)



The best part is that they aren't that expensive. An 18" T8 tube runs around $20

*Note that reptisun 2.0 bulbs and Naturesun 2.0 bulbs are the same thing. Zoo-Med decided to rename their 2.0 bulbs. reptisun 2.0 is the old name, and naturesun 2.0 is the new name.

[nick654377]

the only thing i noticed aaron is the pet stores around me do not carry to 2.0. they only have the 5.0 and the 10.0 so i had to order mine all online. still wasnt bad but had to wait for them.

[The Serpent Merchant]

the only thing i noticed aaron is the pet stores around me do not carry to 2.0. they only have the 5.0 and the 10.0 so i had to order mine all online. still wasnt bad but had to wait for them.

I have an exotic/reptile shop in my area that have them, but I'm sure most places don't. Even with shipping they still aren't too bad. The OP mentioned lighting for fish tanks, I have a friend with a reef tank and he spent nearly $3,000 on lighting initially and spends about $1,000 every 8-10 months on replacement bulbs. (that doesn't even account for the power bill that comes with 2800 watts of MH bulbs running 12 hours a day lol)