dapotatoman
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Hey guys!
First post here, I just wanted to ask for some advice on my beardie. He’s a healthy 3 years old but I just recently did some changes, I noticed that during the hot days in my city he doesn’t really bask much, he spends most of the day on the cool side. I was looking into it and I decided to change it from 100W to a 75W bask bulb (btw it’s a 40gallon tank), I also had to change my UVB bulbs I have never changed them as they never really went out for a long time so I still don’t know exactly what watt they are(I think 13W) there are two of those bulbs that go in so in total probably 26W for the UVB. I went ahead and just bought two 13W to try to keep everything the same as its been working, however without knowing I got some of the coil types and didn’t look into it before I got them. Are they really as bad as they say? It doesn’t look too bright as the UVB bulbs go over a mesh screen. So my question is, will 26W of UVB be good for my 40gallon enclosure and will 75W be sufficient for a basking light?
Thanks for your time on reading this.
First post here, I just wanted to ask for some advice on my beardie. He’s a healthy 3 years old but I just recently did some changes, I noticed that during the hot days in my city he doesn’t really bask much, he spends most of the day on the cool side. I was looking into it and I decided to change it from 100W to a 75W bask bulb (btw it’s a 40gallon tank), I also had to change my UVB bulbs I have never changed them as they never really went out for a long time so I still don’t know exactly what watt they are(I think 13W) there are two of those bulbs that go in so in total probably 26W for the UVB. I went ahead and just bought two 13W to try to keep everything the same as its been working, however without knowing I got some of the coil types and didn’t look into it before I got them. Are they really as bad as they say? It doesn’t look too bright as the UVB bulbs go over a mesh screen. So my question is, will 26W of UVB be good for my 40gallon enclosure and will 75W be sufficient for a basking light?
Thanks for your time on reading this.