djfishygillz
Avid Member
Hello everyone, I think it is important to share my bad experience with a mercury vapor bulb I purchased on Amazon.
I spent about 40 dollars on a repti-powersun 125 watt mercury vapor bulb on amazon and assumed it was new so I didn't check it with my solar-meter.
After about a 2 weeks of one of my boys not eating much and scaring the heck out of me I checked the bulb and sure enough it was literally putting out 0 right next to it. I put a new uvb bulb on and he isn't eating like crazy and doing great again. I don't know if someone was trying to profit from a quick resale on a faulty bulb but just thought I would share my experience.
I spent about 40 dollars on a repti-powersun 125 watt mercury vapor bulb on amazon and assumed it was new so I didn't check it with my solar-meter.
After about a 2 weeks of one of my boys not eating much and scaring the heck out of me I checked the bulb and sure enough it was literally putting out 0 right next to it. I put a new uvb bulb on and he isn't eating like crazy and doing great again. I don't know if someone was trying to profit from a quick resale on a faulty bulb but just thought I would share my experience.