After researching and going to so many stores we thought we found the perfect UVB lighting for Bruce. We have the Reptisun 10.0 T5HO 22" bulb and this fixture:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K2AY8EW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We mounted it on the top of the back wall of the tank. Unfortunately because of the curve of the reflector I'm worried that most of the light is focused out the front of the tank. Hopefully the pictures help explain this.
The top of our tank is connected by a hinge to the tank. It only has a strip of mesh down the middle third of the top. So UVB must go inside, we could mount it to the inside of top but I'm worried that opening and closing would eventually cause it to fall.
So my question is, is the setup we have now ok? Am I overthinking this? Maybe we can cut the lower part of the reflector off to allow more light to go down into the tank. I'm losing sleep over this :roll:
thank you!
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00K2AY8EW/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
We mounted it on the top of the back wall of the tank. Unfortunately because of the curve of the reflector I'm worried that most of the light is focused out the front of the tank. Hopefully the pictures help explain this.
The top of our tank is connected by a hinge to the tank. It only has a strip of mesh down the middle third of the top. So UVB must go inside, we could mount it to the inside of top but I'm worried that opening and closing would eventually cause it to fall.
So my question is, is the setup we have now ok? Am I overthinking this? Maybe we can cut the lower part of the reflector off to allow more light to go down into the tank. I'm losing sleep over this :roll:
thank you!