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Shedding light of UVB tubes
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[QUOTE="CooperDragon, post: 1691195, member: 76248"] Hi Tracie, We've been trying to break down and transfer as much data as possible and spread it around here. I was able to get a hold of some of the Petsmart bulbs and found that the All Living Things tube is the Zilla Desert 50 bulb in a different box. They are identical and their output is identical. They were pretty good as far as T8 goes granted I was only able to measure UVI. The Nat Geo MVBs are pretty horrible from what I found. I posted the results in my Solarmeter thread [url]https://www.beardeddragon.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=210635&p=1682302&hilit=solarmeter#p1682302[/url] Taterbug has also created an excellent chart based on Frances' data on the yahoo group which makes it easy to compare outputs and proper distances. She also has some really eye opening overlays using Pepper's enclosure that show how to create natural gradients for both heat and UVB [url]https://sites.google.com/site/thelizardmadness/lighting-guides[/url] I did get to go to Adelaide (really amazing town!) and took some UVI readings over the course of a week. I'd love to get over there during different seasons but I feel I got enough base info to back up the current thinking that 3-5 UVI is optimal as an average reflecting mid morning and late afternoon and that a gradual increase and then decrease in UV exposure over the course of the day reflects their natural habitat. Just the tip of the iceburg but I'll continue to learn and share info as time goes on. I'm hoping to get my hands on some of the Iwasaki Color Arc bulbs when I'm in England in a few weeks. It would be great to test those out as basking/natural daylight bulbs. [/QUOTE]
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