Is this a good UVB lamp for My RES turtle?

Question

Ok,so i want to buy the UVB lamp for my turtle today, but i am wondering if this is a good one?

http://www.petco.com/product/14564/ESU-Reptile-Slimline-Reptile-Fixture-with-Desert-7-percent-UVB-Lamp.aspx

If you have another lamp that is better, PLEASE give me the link. Thanks!

Answer 1

Might be to much UVB. A good kind would be a 5.0 26 watts. Make sure that you have a heat bulb too and make sure that the basking dock temp is 10 degrees warmer than the water. Water should be around 76 degrees.

Answer 2

Whatever UVB that fits your set-up will work. RES do not need a ton of UVB if they get good diets, etc.

When using UVB, remember-
- keep it about 12" from the basking site
- the bulb will stop emitting UVB in about 6 months
- UVB is not a magic answer. The other cares are more important.

Answer 3

To some degree, it doesn't matter what the packaging says, you have to check the actual UV-B output. You can do so with a UV-B meter, such as Solartech's Solarmeter:
http://www.solarmeter.com/

Some reptile veterinarians will have these at their offices and can measure the output from the light you choose (make sure you can return it if it doesn't measure up!).

I usually recommend ZooMed's ReptiSun 5.0 bulb, but again, I would still want to measure it's actual output. I have never heard of the particular brand/combination you referenced. Remember, these things aren't cheap, but it's money well spent. The bulb itself will need to be replaced every 6 months, as the UV-B rays fade over time.

Answer 4

Should be fine.

There is no such thing as "too much UVB" in synthetic lights. They don't produce even 1/10th the UVB of real sun, so its hard to overdo, unless you are talking about a mercury vapor bulb

Answer 5

Ur doing extremely stable. Get a heater for her and feed her turtle pellets indoors a similar tank she lives and swims in. Turtles do now not produce saliva so they might desire to consume indoors the water to moist the nutrients and get it down their throat. Get a thermometer for the tank, they sell some somewhat outstanding decal ones that u merely stick precise on the tank. attempt to maintain a temperature of seventy 8 indoors the tank, it ok if it gets warmer than that do merely now not enable it get shrink than 70. stable good fortune! Oh and attempt procuring some pretend flowers and rocks, my turtles love them!

Answer 6

yes that is a good 1 my friend uses it for his turtles