uv lighting

So just this morning the UV light was flickering pretty badly. After a while it seemed to be working fine, but then suddenly just went out. I've never had that happen before, I wonder if the light just went bad or if its the whole fixture? The light itself was only a few months old, the fixture...

Can they actually sense the rays coming from those bulbs? My adopted boy lived in a tank with a spot/coil UVB for 3 years; we have him in a tank with a 34" Retpisun t5 mounted inside on the ceiling. On sunny days, he has been nonstop wanting to get out, and when he does he goes right to the...