ComicBookMama
Sub-Adult Member
Since I've been advised to lower the wattage of my basking bulb, I'm considering using an 80w PowerSun mercury vapor bulb. I do have a T8 strip mounted on the back wall of the tank, but I'm a little concerned that Figment doesn't spend enough time in that 6"-10" zone of proximity. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble finding much info on MVBs that I can understand... the material is either way too technical for me, or presented by people selling said bulbs.
Can anyone give me the lowdown on using a MVB in conjunction with a T8 strip? These bulbs are a pretty big chunk of change, so I don't want to get one and find out that having it on top of the screen blocks out almost all of the UV - or that it's not a safe bulb for my dragon. The skeptic in me says that if these bulbs were all that great, everyone would be using them... and that doesn't seem to be the case.
So tell me what you know, please... why should I, or shouldn't I, use a mercury vapor bulb?
Can anyone give me the lowdown on using a MVB in conjunction with a T8 strip? These bulbs are a pretty big chunk of change, so I don't want to get one and find out that having it on top of the screen blocks out almost all of the UV - or that it's not a safe bulb for my dragon. The skeptic in me says that if these bulbs were all that great, everyone would be using them... and that doesn't seem to be the case.
So tell me what you know, please... why should I, or shouldn't I, use a mercury vapor bulb?