Can't find 24inch t8 fixture

[Fosterryan]

Everyone says to go to Walmart and get the cheap one but I've been to 4 Walmarts and none have it. I've gone to lowes , Home Depot , and ace hardware along with some specialty light store. I can't find a 24inch t8 fixture that plugs into the wall. Found a bunch that have to be hard wired though. Does anyone have a link? I even found the cheap Walmart one online but it says out of stock and I can't order it. I did find the same one online but it was 11 bucks plus 22 dollar shipping. So doesn't anybody have a link to a cheap one ? Right now I have a bulky Zilla fixture mounted but it sucks and always flickers or turns off.

 

[Fosterryan]

Anybody? I still can't find one

 

[CooperDragon]

I don't know about the T8 fixtures but if you upgrade your light to a T5 it's pretty easy to find a good 24'' grow light fixture for it.

 

[Fosterryan]

The way my tank is I have very minimal amount of screen so I can't mount fixture on top it has to go inside

 

[CooperDragon]

Can you mount a screw type of fixture into the tank? If you mounted a couple of 26w UVB200 bulbs side by side a bit apart they would provide a similar spread and range as a T8 tube.

 

[Fosterryan]

I have this

mounted in there just feel like not enough uvb coming down idk i Don't see many people mount an actual hood inside the tank

 

[CooperDragon]

The length of the bulb only needs to be the length of the dragon or a little longer. It doesn't need to cover the whole tank. It's good to have areas with little to no UVB available because they don't always want it. It's hard to say exactly what the output is from your current light without using a solarmeter but it should be OK. They aren't much use beyond 8'' but at 6-8'' they produce a decent amount of UVB and the beam casts out from the bulb in a cone so it has a fair bit of coverage to the sides.

 

[GizmosGrammie]

I got mine at Meijer.

Mine is mounted inside the tank as well.

 

[CooperDragon]

Did it come with the reflector too? That's a good find. I wouldn't have thought to look at Meijer.

 

[GizmosGrammie]

Did it come with the reflector too? That's a good find. I wouldn't have thought to look at Meijer.

I bought the reflector on line. I'd have to do some digging to remember the company I bought it from.

 

[CooperDragon]

It looks a bit like one of the clip on Arcadia reflectors that LightYourReptiles sells. I wasn't sure which fixtures those would fit onto.

 

[GizmosGrammie]

It looks a bit like one of the clip on Arcadia reflectors that LightYourReptiles sells. I wasn't sure which fixtures those would fit onto.

Yep, that's where I got it.