I would say that that is THE EXACT bulb I am currently using.
So far, every source of UVB I've posted on this board has been called VERY DANGEROUS.. EXCEPT the 18" floresenat tube (again zoo med) which the breeder said was too far away (at the top of the viv 18" away) to be of any use..
Ok, here are some results from instrumenting the viv I built...
The viv is 2' wide and 4' long and 18" high.. Basking area on extreme left (Zone 1). On extreme right is a balcony so on top of the balcony (which is above the air vent) is Zone 2. Zone 3 is under the balcony next to the air vent. Zone 4 is room temp, about 2' away from the viv.
Zone 1...Extreme left... basking area... normally 106, until about 5 pm where it spikes up to 113. It has done this for three days in a row. I ASS U ME, that the rocks have all absorbed all the heat they can, an now, instead of spreading the heat, the surface temp rises.
This is using the old schedule which is about 14 hours of light. Cutting this back to 10 or 11 hours may prevent this spike.
Zone 2, gets up to 95 and SP1 loved to hang out there.
Zone 3 is darker and next to the vent and was typically 10F about room temp.
Certainly there was a correlation between room temp and the other 3, but not as much as the time of day.
I am trying to figure out hor to post my data graphs for every one
We put spikers in the old viv while we cleaned up the 20L and it was OBVIOUS that he liked it... he ran around frantically ????TASTING???? EVERYTHING???? how odd!!!
Then he started giving us a hard bob, up and down... again... very stange.....
Unlike SP1 & 2... #3 DOES NOT like to be held and petted.... Hope this changes, because he is supposed to be a pet for my special needs son,,.. Beardies were recommended because they might crwl around on you...But don't reall go anywhere..
SP3 runs for the hill every chance he gets... He leaps off your hand and runs across the floor ... He used my DW hand as a ramp to jump out of hos 20 gallon tank... The other two were SO CHILL!!!! Truth be known, this one is more like my son than the other two... This pet was supposed to help him CALM DOWN!!!