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04-23-2007, 10:11 AM
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more lighting questions - UVB
Currently in my vivarium, I have a UVB 24" tube light. I also have a 60watt bulb for heat and a blue light at 50 watts at night. Before I had the 60 watt bulb I had a 100 watt, UVB bulb. It was heating the tank to much, and drying out my substrate and making things too dry.
Since I have no frogs in there yet, I just added a household bulb too see about temps and humidity. Seems like I have those right now.
my question is, do I need to get a UVB bulb in addition to the 24" tube light, or is that tube good enough with the regular household bulb?
I can't even remember if dumpy tree frogs need UVB like reptiles do. Also maybe the plants need the extra UVB?
Of course this is a new problem because if I do need a UVB bulb, do I go down to a 50watt or up to a 75 since I haven't seen a 60watt available.
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04-23-2007, 01:14 PM
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They do not need the UVB... Actually seeing as they are usually nocturnal I doubt they get much UVB in the wild anyways... I won't hurt them but isn't needed.
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04-23-2007, 02:41 PM
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cool. i'll stick with the regular household bulb and the UVB flurescent then. It should be enough for the frogs. I know they are nocternal but they do get some UVB during the day hours when they are napping. Hopefully its enough for my plants too. I guess if my plants stop growing, I'll know I need it.
I'll probably go down to a 25 watt night bulb for the summer too. Its getting warm!
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04-23-2007, 07:42 PM
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yeah I know, had to go out and buy some fans for the apartment so we could keep the windows open without it being 85 degrees inside.... = )
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04-23-2007, 08:16 PM
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Ya tree frogs don't need the uvb
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04-23-2007, 09:26 PM
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yeah, but I think my plants need SOME.
Got too hot in the tank today. Max temp up to 85. I put in some more plexi to keep the humidity, guess i'll go down to a 45 watt.
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04-24-2007, 08:19 AM
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UVB is not as crucial for plants as it is for herps. Plants respond to light in the mainly red and blue ranges. I gardened indoors for years using only a combination of cool white and warm white flourescent bulbs. I grew everything from tropical bonsai to african violets.
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04-24-2007, 10:06 AM
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ok cool. I downgraded to the 40 watt bulb this morning, we will see how the temps do.
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