My roommate has just broken my UVB light!!!! I was using a 48" VitaLite T12 bulb and balast.....

believe it or not in the part of mississauga I am from there are very few pet store, and the ones we do have are not very good(poor selection,lack of knowledge etc) i havhe been buying all of my supplies in hamilton at big als aquarium services but unfortunately I am unable to get there before sunday sooooooooo.........i have found ONE store that has ONE t12 UVB bulb but they said it is not for my application :|

it is a zoomed 48" 5.0 uvb bulb, it is specified on the box as an iguana!!!

will this work for WATER DRAGONS?????

If you are sure you can get one by Sunday, then your dragon should be fine that long without one. Do you have a cage or something you can put it in the sun for like 30 min day, that would work to.

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MARSHA

:D I'm smiling because I have no idea whats going on!

Have you gone to Port Credit Pet Center? It's just outside of Mississauga. They have just about anything and know their stuff.

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Mike
"Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you." - Mother Teresa

well I know for a fact I could have one by sunday!!! i have a huge critter keeper which I transported them in but I am not sure if that is ok to put in the sun as it may heat up fast????
the bulb I would be getting on sunday would be the same as the broken one and I was just wondering if that bulb is sufficient???as I have never heard of VitaLite and it was significantly cheaper than the one I was looking at today

i have not yet been there!! you wouldnt happen to have their addy and # off hand would you??? i would prefer to call before hand to make sure they have what I need, but yet again port credit is only 10 minutes away( i live in meadowvale)

it is bothering me that they do not have uvb as I know it helps with digestion so I would prefer to get one before sunday!

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Mike
"Never worry about numbers. Help one person at a time, and always start with the person nearest you." - Mother Teresa

thanks kriminal.........i just got off the phone with them and they have a few different kinda..............the bulb I was using was VitaLite and the ones they stock are exo tera..........they had a 2.0 and a 10.0 which one is recommended for water dragons????



thanks for all the help
mike

Hello,

The 10.0 is the strongest, and that is the one you should get. Depending on your cage size, you could also look into a mercury vapor. The mv's emit much higher doses of uvb.

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i was looking at the MV bulbs when I was first setting up my viv but as far as I know they only have them in the bulb style. i was also told the uvb bulb was to span the entire length of the enclosure meaning I would need 2 MV bulbs???.....

i forgot to mention it is a 4'x18"x20" 75 gallon tank