New UVB Bulbs - Page 2

Dazza · 13-01-2008, 10:00 PM

lozzy - e-mail me regarding your lighting and i will help you from there the full range of lighting is not on the website just yet but WHEN the new site arrives the fully range will be there !!

Ajay - thanks commission whats that

Dazza

purplesue30 · 19-02-2008, 09:17 AM

Hi i have a 2year old horsefield, that i bought last week. PET warehouse were i go for my guinea pig stuff showed me the bulbs i needed but i am thinking now that they have got it wrong, i read up loads on tortoises before i got her and i understood they needed a heat source bulb and a uv, i have a tortoise table, so i decided to get a 100w red heat glo bulb and they showed me a 13w 2 uv full spectrum light so i bought that, something in the back of my mind is telling me she needs alot higher uv, could someone please tell me if im right, and what does full spectrum actually mean. Both bulbs are in holders shineing down not the uv strip one.

love sue

ME SHELL · 19-02-2008, 09:53 AM

Pheww I used mine as soon as I got it, was a bit worried then about poor Torty

ME SHELL · 19-02-2008, 09:58 AM

Pheww I used mine as soon as I got it, was a bit worried then about poor Torty

welshlass22 · 28-08-2008, 10:35 AM

Pheww I used mine as soon as I got it too lol! but its just UV not heat so i guess im safe!

Vixen · 26-04-2009, 01:21 PM

I cant get my head around the uv/combi heat lamp? does this mean if you get one of these,uou dont need the basking lamp?? i'm sorry if you think this is a silly Q.S but i'm still learning about different things.and what watt uv strip should you get? 24?? i've seen on some people's pics of enclosure that they have the baskiong bulb at one end,but further down on the same side they have the uv,is this best for them? x kel

**Alan1** · 26-04-2009, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellymarie

I cant get my head around the uv/combi heat lamp? does this mean if you get one of these,uou dont need the basking lamp??

Correct kellymarie. you just need the one bulb like this

That bulb provides heat for basking and UV for their health. It is £50 but works out cheaper in the long term. Strip lights need replacing every 6 months but the megarays last up to 2 years

Vixen · 27-04-2009, 12:46 AM

thank you!! i was'nt too sure

jmdibble · 29-05-2009, 06:50 PM

Are combined UVB bulbs better than one basking lamp and one UV bulb or is it just for convienience sake?
And which ones are actually better?

**Alan1** · 29-05-2009, 09:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jmdibble

Are combined UVB bulbs better than one basking lamp and one UV bulb or is it just for convienience sake?
And which ones are actually better?

No they are better by far according to those who have tried both.

Megaray are best according to most

13-01-2008, 10:00 PM	#11
Dazza Senior Member Adult Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 2,486	lozzy - e-mail me regarding your lighting and i will help you from there the full range of lighting is not on the website just yet but WHEN the new site arrives the fully range will be there !! Ajay - thanks commission whats that Dazza __________________ www.inkaproducts.co.uk www.megaray.co.uk

19-02-2008, 09:17 AM	#12
purplesue30 Junior Member Egg Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: teeside Posts: 30	uv help Hi i have a 2year old horsefield, that i bought last week. PET warehouse were i go for my guinea pig stuff showed me the bulbs i needed but i am thinking now that they have got it wrong, i read up loads on tortoises before i got her and i understood they needed a heat source bulb and a uv, i have a tortoise table, so i decided to get a 100w red heat glo bulb and they showed me a 13w 2 uv full spectrum light so i bought that, something in the back of my mind is telling me she needs alot higher uv, could someone please tell me if im right, and what does full spectrum actually mean. Both bulbs are in holders shineing down not the uv strip one. love sue

28-08-2008, 10:35 AM	#15
welshlass22 Senior Member Adult Join Date: May 2008 Location: Cardiff Posts: 2,260	Pheww I used mine as soon as I got it too lol! but its just UV not heat so i guess im safe! __________________ Joanna

19-02-2008, 09:53 AM	#13
ME SHELL Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8,484	Pheww I used mine as soon as I got it, was a bit worried then about poor Torty

19-02-2008, 09:58 AM	#14
ME SHELL Senior Member Adult Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 8,484	Pheww I used mine as soon as I got it, was a bit worried then about poor Torty

26-04-2009, 01:21 PM	#16
Vixen Member Hatched Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: I live in Bristol,england. Posts: 465	I cant get my head around the uv/combi heat lamp? does this mean if you get one of these,uou dont need the basking lamp?? i'm sorry if you think this is a silly Q.S but i'm still learning about different things.and what watt uv strip should you get? 24?? i've seen on some people's pics of enclosure that they have the baskiong bulb at one end,but further down on the same side they have the uv,is this best for them? x kel

27-04-2009, 12:46 AM	#18
Vixen Member Hatched Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: I live in Bristol,england. Posts: 465	thank you!! i was'nt too sure

29-05-2009, 06:50 PM	#19
jmdibble Junior Member Egg Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 35	Are combined UVB bulbs better than one basking lamp and one UV bulb or is it just for convienience sake? And which ones are actually better?

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