does the uvb lights has to be a certain distance ?

[shadowfoxmalau]

Im making an enclosure for my bd but my uncle asked me a quetion that i really did not know what to answer how high can the uvb light be
i know it cant be any closer than 6 inches from the bd but how far is the maximum

also i want to know if i really need to have a heat bulb or could i use heat emitters instead

 

[AndyAMP88]

I believe a ReptiSUN 10.0 bulb says the rays reach around 20"... however the output is not as strong. So I believe most people say 6 - 10" is fine. Up to 6" away is best. Someone else might be able to give more information and advice.

And a heat emitter does the same job, but some people say it's important to have a lighted cage rather than a dim one. Is there a particular reason you want a ceramic heat emitter over a heat bulb?

 

[shadowfoxmalau]

I sorta tought the same with the reptisun so i will leave it as it is .

and i was asking for the heat emiter beacuse i want small bulbs and the bulbs i use for keeping my tank at temperature are huge
I can find small heat emitter but not small bulb

is their any way i can get like a tube light bulb that can emitt heat

I just dont want the bulky

 

[shadowfoxmalau]

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