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A friend of mine told me that he read on a reptile magazine that. you dont need to use a reptisun or repti glo bulb to give uvb to your animal.
that you can buy a bulb from homedepot or something like that but it need to have 80+ color rendering index. is that true?
 
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All of my beardies are kept outside in natural enclosures. Not sure on if the regular flourescents produce UVB or UVA. I do know that there are some really nice bulbs that are being offered now that do double duty and last hundreds of hours.
 
yeah but they are 100 or 160W that is way to much for the temperature of puerto rico. i need to use max 50 wax and the temp will get like 110
 
Actually it is true you can pick these up at Home Depot and they last longer and do a better job then the reptile lights. We have been using them for several years.
 
alejandro said:
yeah but they are 100 or 160W that is way to much for the temperature of puerto rico. i need to use max 50 wax and the temp will get like 110
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I was under the impression that UVB/UVA fluroscent lights didnt give off much heat.... if you are running a 100-160w do they really heat up the tank? :)
 
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