Proper Calcium

[beardielovers]

OK...I have done a search and thought I would clarify our needs before I go buy our first supply of calcium. First, we are using a 160W Solar Glo MVB so I know we need calcium with NO D-3. The thing I want to be sure of is the phosphorous. Should we be looking for something with no phosphorous as well? Does it matter what we are feeding our crickets or other live feeders? For starters we will be feeding small crickets as their main feeder (always having greens and veggies in viv though) but will be trying to get a dubia roach colony going as well. We don't have many worm options to keep live variety in our area so we're kinda stuck with crickets until our colony is bought and established. Thanks for any help on sorting out the phosphorous question.

 

[diamc]

Hi, the calcium should be phosphorus-free no matter what type of UVB light you're using because they get enough phosphorus from their food.

 

[beardielovers]

So...what brands are people using that are phosphorous free AND with NO D-3? We've been looking in our area and have only found Flukers with phosphorous and no D-3 or RepCal without phosphorous with D-3. Haven't found anything without both yet.

 

[diamc]

This is the calcium without D3 and also phosphorus-free, I think they ship to Canada. http://www.entirelypets.com/recaphandvid.html?__utma=1.1524211348.1232672441.1232672441.1232672441.1&__utmb=1&__utmc=1&__utmx=-&__utmz=1.1232672441.1.1.utmccn%3D(referral This is the exact product that you need to get since you have MVB.

 

[beardielovers]

Thanks for the reply. Just before I left for the evening I found the Rep-Cal product you are referring me to. I was going to post that I found what I need but didn't have time. I am pretty sure Petland stocks this too - which is nice for us. Thanks again for all the help we've received on this forum! We would have made PILES of costly mistakes in setting up our viv that have now all been avoided.

 

[diamc]

That's great to hear, we're glad that the forum has been so helpful to you already. 8) Don't ever hesitate to ask any questions.