UVB light placement

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demonic2020

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We are in the process of setting up our tank for our first dragon which will arrive in a couple weeks. We purchased a sunblaster with reflector housing and a reptisun 10.0 T5-HO bulb. Everything I have read indicates that with a reflector I should be a minimum of 8" from bulb/reflector to basking spot. I can not achieve this with the housing mounted in the enclosure. I've also read that due to the superiority of the 10.0 t5 I can place it above my SS mech screen and it will still provide enough UVB. Am I correct in this assumption, we want to make sure we are doing this right and everything is set up before our little friend gets here.

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CooperDragon

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With that combination it's usually recommended to set it at about 12-14'' above the main basking area. If you mount it on a mesh top, that will reduce the output a bit (depends on how fine the mesh is) so it may be better at 8-10'' or so.

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