UVA, CHE or both?

[35 Dodge]

How important is it to have a UVA if I have a CHE for the basking area. I also have a UVB. I am asking because I see some setups where they only have a halogen flood light along with the UVB.

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[Mom of blazey]

I can only share from my personal experience, I use a 100 watt basking bulb with uva and a reptisun 10 desert UVB bulb. I'm not home at the moment so when I get home I'll check the box (uvb). This has worked well for mine, I have 2 that are 10 yrs old and 6 that are 7 yrs old .

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[35 Dodge]

I can only share from my personal experience, I use a 100 watt basking bulb with uva and a reptisun 10 desert UVB bulb. I'm not home at the moment so when I get home I'll check the box (uvb). This has worked well for mine, I have 2 that are 10 yrs old and 6 that are 7 yrs old .

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I want to make sure that I am doing right by our beardie. I was told that he needed a UVB and a basking temp and I could use a CHE for that. I have read post on other forums, that state to use a flood light. I cannot imagine that a Home Depot flood bulb gives off UVA spectrum.

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[Mom of blazey]

Like I said I've only used basking lights that had uva in them. You can get them at petsmart or petco a bulb will cost about $11 and lasts about 5-6 months, uvb gets changed once a year, good luck with your guy

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[PatsyB]

I honestly don't know how to answer this. It's always been accepted that for basking lights that a Par38 halogen bulb is a good cheap alternative to reptile basking bulbs. I don't really know what the UVA output is. You really want a white basking bulb in the day to mimic the bright sun that they would get in nature.

 

[Hdrydr31]

The idea is you want to mimic natural sunlight best as possible.. UVB and a basking light as they need both to digest and to metabolize nutrients from their food.

 

[Xoek]

First post here, I searched halogen and clicked on the first link. What wattage for a home depot halogen bulb would you say is good for a 40 gallon breeder tank? The bulb would be in one of those metal dome fixtures I picked up from Walmart sitting on the metal screen top

 

[Xoek]

ANY OF YOU HAVE EXPERIENCE USING SOMETHING LIKE THE EXO TERRA SOLAR GLO BULB THAT CLAIMS IT PRODUCES HEAT AND UVB IN ONE BULB:

https://www.amazon.com/Exo-Terra-So...493136278&sr=8-1&keywords=exo+terra+solar+glo

?

 

[PatsyB]

First post here, I searched halogen and clicked on the first link. What wattage for a home depot halogen bulb would you say is good for a 40 gallon breeder tank? The bulb would be in one of those metal dome fixtures I picked up from Walmart sitting on the metal screen top

I've used a 90 watt in my 40 gallon tanks. I've never used a MVB bulb in any of my tanks. I like having the UVB spread across the whole tank rather than just being in a small area. I have used Solar Glo's in my moth breeding cage. I didn't really like them too much. I didn't feel like they gave me the heat I needed. I think the common one people use is the Power Sun bulb.

 

[Mom of blazey]

Yep I've used that in the past, but for me personally I now only use a 100 watt basking bulb with uva and a separate uvb reptisun 10 desert

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[Xoek]

Cool, thanks guys. Quick question, can I post pics from my phone's gallery? I was trying earlier, but I was at work and couldn't figure it out

 

[Hdrydr31]

Cool, thanks guys. Quick question, can I post pics from my phone's gallery? I was trying earlier, but I was at work and couldn't figure it out

When I use my phone I use taptalk and that works just fine.. just know that in taptalk our links don't show up for the general care info

 

[Xoek]

Thanks, I figured it out. I had to ask the 17 year old and she just rolled her eyes at me

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[Kris King]

Hi.

I've kept bearded dragons for 15 years (my last two lived till 14 years old) and I have only ever used a ceramic heat emitter attached to a digital thermostat, and an Arcadia UVB strip light on a digital timer. You don't need to replicate natural light as there is plenty of that produce naturally (unless they are in a room without windows), plus the UVB will give out considerable light too.

Kris.