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[QUOTE="Claudiusx, post: 1897059, member: 31715"] They provide it, but it's not what they are using for recommendations for their users. *raises hand* I don't provide hides. I know a lot of people who don't provide hides. Not necessarily. Don't take this personal, but one of my issues with telling people to aim for a certain level at the basking spot, is usually you're not taking into account the whole picture. If they have a bulb that spans 3/4 the tank, and their basking surface is only 10cm off the floor, or it's simply just a brick on the bottom of the tank, there is no where in that tank that is going to have 0 UVI. The bulb will be too close because the basking surface is too close to the floor. I would hazard a guess that this is why Arcadia provided an acceptable range for their bulbs. So for the example I gave, the person knows they can simply raise the bulb a bit higher, since they have a low basking surface. That way the basking surface has acceptable uvi, and the cool side gradient doesn't get too high. Either way, there isn't anything wrong with a uv gradient down to 0 IMO. I don't know why anyone would disagree. A gradient is about the best thing we can provide, that way they can chose where they want to be. I would imagine you agree on this point. If not, well I suppose their is no point discussing it. Either way, Arcadia changed their recommendations for a reason. They added a gradient to 0 for a reason, and they switched to UVI for a reason. It's all I've been trying to advise here. We can guess as to why they did it, or we can send them an e mail and ask. I won't be doing that but If you do i'm sure it would be good information to share. I don't believe they do, at least not on their site anymore. If you click on their florescent bulb products, they all mention UVI levels, not uv flux. Once again, it's because it's whats considered the standard in regards to d3 synthesis measuring. I'm sure flux is the standard in other areas of light measurement as you've already demonstrated in other threads. But, I think it's pretty telling when everyone who's anyone in the herp lighting world has been using UVI lately. -Brandon [/QUOTE]
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