Hi, I just recently bought a ZooMed 160W Mercury Vapor UVB bulb and was wondering if it is bad for my Bearded dragon? He is dunnor and only 3 months old? My major concern is some spreading info about these lights causing bearded dragons to go blind? Any info would be greatly appreciated and he is in a 40gal breeder tank! Thank you...
160W Powersun Mercury Vapor UVB lamp by ZooMed
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The Powersun bulbs are OK. They are powerful though so I wouldn't mount it any closer than 15'' above the basking spot. If you need additional heat with the MVB at that height, you can add a small ceramic heat emitter or regular basking bulb next to it at a height that gets the basking area to an appropriate temperature (100-110 or so).
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How's the powersun 160 working out?
AcceptableGeek
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I've got a 75g and I'm thinking of trying MVB when it's time to replace UVB.
AcceptableGeek
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Yeah. Street lights use mvb. It takes them a minute to burn hot enough to reach max output. So I'd imagine it's very similar.
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