best uvb and basking bulb

[adamhicks198813]

hi i was jw what the best brand of uvb bulb to get my cage is 18 18 36 and the basking wattage ty in advanced

 

[jcarlsen]

I'm sure folks will have lots of opinions, but when I get an adult cage that's 2x2x4, I'm going with a powersun UV 100w. I like to keep it as simple as possible, and if I can get everything from one light, I'll do it

 

[Blink]

For UVB, ReptiSun 5.0 is used successfully by many members on here. I hear that Arcadia brand is good too, however, I have no experience with it. For basking, you can use any regular household incandescent bulb. 60w is a good starting point and you can increase or decrease the wattage depending on the temperature. I personally don't think that using the Powersun is a good idea. 100w is very hot and would need to be in order to get sufficient UVB output. I do not have any personal experience with this, though, so I don't know if it would be successful.

 

[adamhicks198813]

okay tyvm for the reply

 

[Gavinsons]

60 watt incandescent for heat and a reptisun 10.0 uvb fluorescent and a 6500k fluorescent for plants on my veiled cage. A 75 watt ceramic heat emitter, a 12% arcadia and 5 6500k fluorescents on my panther cage. The 12% and a 6500k come on at 7am, at 10:30am the other 4 6500k's come on then go off 2:30pm and at 7 pm the 12% and last 6500k go out for the night.