UV Lighting Advice

SliK JiM

New Member
Finally I'm starting to build my enclosure that I've been on about building for what feels like forever now, but I need one final piece of advice from everyone.

I've always used megaray bulbs to provide the UV for my cham, but now due to the height of my proposed cage, I cant safely suspend one far enough above the top of the enclosure to reach the safe levels of UV for him (well, without the bulb being housed in my roof somehow...)! So, my question is, what UV tubes should I use to give the correct UV levels in my enclosure? The actual size should be 0.8m x 1.2m x 1.8m (d x w x h) so I was thinking 2 Reptisun 10.0 48" across the top with reflectors. Does that sound adequate or overkill? I'll hopefully be able to get my hands on a UVB meter to check, but that'll be after I've bought the tubes so I don't want to order the wrong ones!

Thanks all
 
im pretty sure the 10.0s are too much. Why not just go with the tried and true favorite reptiSun 5.0s??
 
your cage will be about 5 feet tall if Im converting correctly... a 10.0 wont be overkill assuming your basking spot is a foot or so below the top of the cage.
 
About 6 feet tall yeah. I've been looking at http://uvguide.co.uk/fluorescenttuberesults.htm for the intensity levels, and it looks like two 10.0 with reflectors would be too much. I'd probably aim to have the basking spot about 12" below the top of the cage, so with one 10.0 it looks like I'd have roughly 65-70umw (after factoring in the effects of the reflector and mesh) which is twice what I'd need, so it looks like it's the 5.0's all the way.

Thanks for the help, never had to use UV tubes before so it's a brand new experience!
 
About 6 feet tall yeah. I've been looking at http://uvguide.co.uk/fluorescenttuberesults.htm for the intensity levels, and it looks like two 10.0 with reflectors would be too much. I'd probably aim to have the basking spot about 12" below the top of the cage, so with one 10.0 it looks like I'd have roughly 65-70umw (after factoring in the effects of the reflector and mesh) which is twice what I'd need, so it looks like it's the 5.0's all the way.

Thanks for the help, never had to use UV tubes before so it's a brand new experience!

haha they arent hard, like literally just play and play!!

let us know how it goes and post some pics!!!
 
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