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hi i have a question. for the first months or so, i make a rookie, rookie mistake. i only had a uva bulb for my young beardies, and didnt realize that uva and uvb are two different kinds of uv rays. anyway i was wondering if theres any chance that no uvb stunted their growth? i mean now i have both uva and uvb bulbs in there tank and they've always ate just fine and shed and acted like a normal beardie. its just i see some younger beardies out there alot bigger then my beardies and was just wondering if that was possible. thanks.
 
It could be bossible, They weren't processing enough calcium which they need to grow. Now that you have fixed the problem they may catch up.
 
oh ok. thanks. im using a reptiglo 10.0 UVB strip light in both of my tanks, i heard thats the right one to use, it seems to be working, i mean if they're shedding and everything they must be growing right? lol. its hard to tell cuz i see them everyday.
 
Actually I have heard that the reptiglo 10 bulb is no good for your beardies and can actually harm them over a period of time. The reptisun 10 bulb is the best bulb to use for your dragons. I am sure someone else more knowledgable will explain what is bad about the reptiglo because I can't remember ..... lol Good luck !
 
oh really.? i thought it was just the repti-sun 10.0 compacts were bad, i thought the strip lights were fine. i dunno im sure someone will correct either me or you..lol but thanks for the heads up.
 
OK I went back and did my research just to make sure I wasn't telling you wrong. The Repti Glo 10 caused alot of eye problems in beardies when it first came out so it is not recommended to use. The Repti Glo 8 and Reptisun 10 are the recommended strip bulbs. And yeah you are right the compacts are terrible for beardies !
 
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I just hope the info. answers your questions.
 
Well, if someone likes your post, they can give you karma for that post. I don't think we have the bad karma anymore (although I could be wrong), but you'd obviously use that one if you don't like someone's post. I think that's it, in a nutshell.
 
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I meant to add that you can give karma by pushing the little white legal scales button on the left (under your name and stuff).

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Is there more recent reseerach on Repti-Sun vs Repti-glo? I have beardies, mostly in 55gallon tanks, hoping to eventually get them all traded for 75 gallon tanks. I have old uv lights on them figuring something is better than nothing. I can't decide which to buy and know I need to buy them asap...
 
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