Hello, maybe this post was better suited for the "Newbie" informational lighting thread. I'm a past saltwater reef hobbyist and I have these metal halide lights with lumenarc reflectors I have up for sale.....
Can these be used in a vivarium ? I mean I assume so, just depends on the size of the tank. I used both in a 120 gallon aquarium, it required these 250W bulbs to get good PAR values near the bottom in order to grow corals.
I would assume that temperature is the most important factor, what lights used to maintain that temperature would be secondary I guess. I'm thinking that for a basking light in a 40 to 80 gallon tank these would be overkill, could they be used in a much larger open air setup like those used for chameleons ? Does anyone see any use at all for some lights like these regarding reptiles ? Maybe some sort of large playpen or something....
As an aside...does K-value affect Bearded Dragons in any sort of way ? For corals it did, these were 14K which was a nice white light, I think the sun is 6-8K which is more yellow and would cause good growth but mute the colors, while 20K being almost all blue would really make the colors on corals pop.
Thanks in advance for any replies!
Can these be used in a vivarium ? I mean I assume so, just depends on the size of the tank. I used both in a 120 gallon aquarium, it required these 250W bulbs to get good PAR values near the bottom in order to grow corals.
I would assume that temperature is the most important factor, what lights used to maintain that temperature would be secondary I guess. I'm thinking that for a basking light in a 40 to 80 gallon tank these would be overkill, could they be used in a much larger open air setup like those used for chameleons ? Does anyone see any use at all for some lights like these regarding reptiles ? Maybe some sort of large playpen or something....
As an aside...does K-value affect Bearded Dragons in any sort of way ? For corals it did, these were 14K which was a nice white light, I think the sun is 6-8K which is more yellow and would cause good growth but mute the colors, while 20K being almost all blue would really make the colors on corals pop.
Thanks in advance for any replies!