question about MVB

[h00blah]

If your ambient temperatures are not adequate, then you'll need to switch the MVB with a nighttime bulb. As long as your temperatures don't go below 70-75 at night, you are fine sticking with the 12/12 cycle.

so having a secondary (lower wattage) bulb would be beneficial because it will keep the ambient over 75 interesting

Seeing as most Monitors require basking temperatures in the 100's, you probably won't have a problem with bulb reaching a higher than desire temperature.

thats good to know

The good news is; MVBs have a much longer effective lifespan than tube lighting.

heck ya, ive read that they can last a year, but the TUBES need to be changed every 6 months, give or take a few lol.


So my underanding is that at night, when the MVB is off, you can just switch it out with a red / black bulb to maintain a warm ambient temp, but NOT a during-the-day hot basking spot

(Thanks for the info already given, VERY interesting)