I'm contemplating my lighting/heating now and was hoping for some advice. For a 4 x 2 x 2 cage.... What combinations would you recommend?

Powersun Mercury Vapor UVB bulb 100 watt for UV and heat

Arcadia UV Blub for UV with 100 watt household soft white light bulb for heat

2 20watt full spectrum tube lights CRI above 90 for UV with 100 watt household soft white light bub for basking

Any other ideas?

In my Uros cage I use exo-terra 8.0 uvb tubes and 2 50watt outdoor halogens for heat the halogens 50 watts reach the same temps as a regular 100watt my Uro cage is 6x2x2 , dont know if that helps you at all

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0.0.1 Mali Uromastyx
1.3.0 Nigerian Uromastyx
1.2.0 Bearded Dragons
1.0.0 Green Iguana
1.0.1 American Toads
2.0.1 African Clawed frog
0.1.0 Dune Gecko Steno Petrii
0.0.1 Leopard Gecko
1.1.1 Red Spotted Newts
0.1.0 Red Eared Slider
0.1.0 Box Turtle

that does help. thank you.

anyone else like to share what they are using for heat and light?

The 100 watt house bulb won't do much for heat.You'll need a flood light.I prefer halogens that have more of a focused beam.Keeps the basking site hot without overheating the ambient temp.

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I would go with this combo.

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1.0 Ball Python (Monty)
0.1 Red-Eared Slider (Woody)
0.1 Yellow-Bellied Slider (Buz)

You could also try http://www.reptileuv.com for UV lighting and heat,. we use their megaray flood for our beardeds and it is an excellent bulb, emitting huge amounts of UVB.

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