Have anyone tried testing UVB in water? Or is it possible at all? Because lately there has been some discussing going on in our local forum about the need of...
For many years, I've heard people saying UVA is the range of UV wavelength that has visible light. Therefore any household lamp has UVA output. So many...
Most of the herp basking lamps are the very same as the normal household bulbs. But for the 5-7 Euro's more you will get a very nice coloured box with it to...
For some reason (price or whatever), MVB is very unpopular here. Most herp keepers use UVB fluorescent tube or bulb for UVB and a spot lamp for basking heat....
Hi, Tony. Yes, all incandescent lamps (household light bulbs - reflectors, floods and spots including of course Phillips spot lamps and all other brands too -...
This must be why my Veiled Jake will sit at the bottom of his cage looking at the light coming in the window. Once light is coming in through the window around...
Thank you so much for your splendid information, Frances (as usual :). I wonder about MegaRay 100 W, does it emitt natural light including, for the reptile,...
Yes the 100W MegaRay does have a pretty good amount of UVA. At 12".... from the one I have, the UVA is ~1600 µW/cm² on a Model 5.7 Solarmeter and UVB ~200...
Yes, the MegaRay like all mercury vapour lamps has big spikes of radiation at specific wavelengths, and one of them is UVA, so it supplies a bright "UVA...
Thanks Frances. Though not easy, I've made myself understand what you mean, I hope. Regarding this: [If you combine a self-ballasted mercury vapour with...
hi mike nice to have you here. phrynosoma is sometimes imported to europe. but how do you feed them??? and do you breed them??? gx henry fachtierarztpraxis...
... a black body radiator no matter what Kelvin (color temperature) by definition always has a CRI of 100. and CRI of a tested lamp is always compared tö a ...
Wie Gehts, Henry Fortunately, I reside in Texas, where not only are 3 species of Phrynosoma native, but so are the Pogonomyrmex ( P. barbatus ) harvester ants...
Hi Frances, thank you for your information about the spikes from mercury vapour lamps. Can you combine MegaRay 100W with a day light tube or lamp (colour ...
Actually, one might find on close enough research that they do, like almost all living things. They have exoskeletons to grow, and though it is composed of...
Hello! Very interesting, thanks... I would like to know if the Metal Halids like Bright Sun of Lucky Reptile or (forthcoming?) Mega Ray MH also have such peaks...
i dont no about Kelvin and CRI of uvb-metal halides; but the non-uvb ceramic metal halides (hci) osram have 4200 and 96. havent found a hci with >5000 gx henry...
OK, so I'm seeing Desert50 products back on the shelves these days...does this mean the bulbs have been reformulated? Has anyone tested one of these lately? ...
Hi, Peftus. Welcome to UVB_Meter_Owners' group. I have been promised a phone call from the Director of Research of Central Pets (R-Zilla) tomorrow on this very...
Hi, Maria. The "daylight" fluorescent tubes (- whether compact or linear) are still, basically, emitting light because of an electric arc flowing through...
Hello, Oliver. The metal halides have peaks like a mercury vapour lamp BUT there are dozens more peaks, and they are very close together. This is how a metal...
Hello Frances my friend, Almost every time i let my self feel relatively confident that i have a handle on the spectral iresdesence of different types of...
Hello, Bob. The first thing I want to say is that I'm really not the person to be commenting on this because I'm only just beginning to understand it myself!...
Dear group-members For basking lizards I often recommend the combination of (2-4) T5 fluorescent tubes and the Mega Ray SB or the Bright Sun UV Metal Halids...
Hi, Oliver. When you say T5 fluorescent tubes, you mean the "daylight" T5 tubes used by aquarium people - the very high intensity type, with no UVB, used by...
Hi, Frances, Thanks a lot, I'm grateful that you comment my questions. Unfortunately I do not live in the USA or UK and many of the brands and products which...
Can it be dangerous with the mercury if a lamp breaks because of water splashing? I ask this because mercury is a poison and I don´t know how much mercury one...
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