Hi, Henry. Yes, I think it must be... although I've never heard that term before. It is only the ballast box that is electronic, though. Ordinary reptile UVB...
Should we worry about a stroboscopic effect in the vivarium?... I am not convinced yet, that there is cause for concern for reptiles. If lizards have a faster...
... Hello... Please could someone explain what Henry and Oli are saying in layman's terms?- I don't know what it means. The light in an arc tube or fluorescent...
Very interesting, Henry! The lighting offered to snakes is very contentious! Many keepers say that they avoid bright lighting and are convinced it will "damage...
... yes frances, i think your last ideas are correct the electrons run 50 times per second from left to right and additional 50 times vice versa. both makes...
Hi, Henry and Steve. I think I'm the only person in this whole group lucky enough to have a spectral radiometer (with sensitivity down to 1.5nm) plus a ...
interesting that you can put different sensors on the meters. the sensor characteristics see under http://www.cwaller.de/english.htm perhaps a gold standard...
Some very interesting stuff here. Abstracts only, from a whole roomful of vit D experts including Grant and Holick... but quite readable. (Human info but has...
... Hi guys, I actually have a couple of skins from a gray banded king snake and a variable king snake that shed just recently, give me a few min. and I can...
Here are the results I got using a Mega-Ray 60 watt eb series light that's been burning for 3 mo.+ with an output of 194 uw/cm2 @ 10" Gray Banded King skin @...
... That is because a decent electronic ballast does not supply power to the heater filaments at the ends of the tube after the lamp has started. The plasma is...
... has ... D3 ... Well to be honest I'm not convinced that invitro testing is any good at all at this point. It's because of this testing that Bill Gehrmann...
Hi, Brian... I make that 48.5% transmission for the Grey-banded Kingsnake and 54.1% for the 50/50 Cali King. That's really high.... higher than all our...
Halogen lamps? With hard glass, UVB-blocking front covers? The sort that you get in the hardware store with "NEW! UV-Stop Coating, 100% protection" printed on...
I will email Bill Gehrmann about what exact kind of halogen lamps he is talking about. The hardware store versions I have all read zero (000) on either the 6.2...
... but a good one - with all meters we should not forget to have an eye on our reptiles gx henry ... -- ... "half of life is spreadsheet calculation, the...
... LOL Steve! No he would not come back. When we got him I took the megaray bulb from our bearded dragon, put it on Kermit plus some sunshine and was just so...
... bulb ... Thanks Bob. I don't know why but I was afraid to ask what you ment by 5000 k bulb. It's just a regular fluorescent office type tube? I think I...
Hi, We have a used 6.4 meter that I purchased new mainly to check our tanning bed bulbs. Replacing 48 six foot tanning bulbs is not on our priority list for a...
That the snake's skin has a transmission of 50% could mean two things: A- The snake needs all the UV-b it can get while living in the deep shade. B- The...
... hi steve you will have very high readings and meet some sauropsides ( actually you could mount a meter on an individual, but thats half the fun) amazing:...
Yeah, those numbers really got me thinking to, I would be really interested in seeing what kind of results we would see from other carnivorous reptiles like...
http://www.reptileuv.com/tribute-to-crocodile-hunter.php A great tribute to Steve Erwin at the above addy. I get a little teary- eyed every time I watch it and...
... if I understand this study that Henry sent over on the American anole, it's not just the transparency of the skin but also chemical reactions within the...
... one ... hello again Sean, take a look at this page, http://www.reptileuv.com/mega-ray-product- questions.php?nav=h It will give you some kind of idea about...
in this page: http://www.cwaller.de/deutsch.htm?lichtleuchtstoff.htm~information you find two spectrographs of two different types of tubes. look at the second...
Full spectrum tubes and compacts will do this, such as the new bulbs we have at our website. Halogen lamps also have a full spectrum. Francis has done some...
... i love the halids gx henry -- ... "half of life is spreadsheet calculation, the rest mixed calculation.." Wichtig: neue dght stadtgruppe - neues programm: ...
