Where do you order your bulbs?

[lizzywoodwardBD]

I am looking to order basking bulbs and red heat bulbs and also compact uvb bulbs. Does anyone know a place online where they are cheaper than in the pe stores?

Thanks

 

[SBL3]

From your post count, it doesn't seem that your new. Before i posted these kinds of general questions i really tried going through the search engine and also browsing around the different subsections to see if my questions could be answered without probably posting the same question a million times. Alot of your answers can be found in the (Introduction section)
From the looks of it, it doesn't look like you've done much research on products and their quality, risks, benefits either.
Maybe you are just understandably short on time.

From what I've read on here, my own research, and experience today in ordering. http://www.petmountain.com is a very nice place to pick up reptile supplies and it seems to be a tad cheaper than your local pet store. They have basking bulbs ranging from 25w to 150. As far as heating bulbs, (which i assume you'll be using at night) colored/infrared bulbs are not recommended for our beardies. If I'm not mistaken, it's due to the hazard they pose in potentially damaging their eyes. You're probably better off using ceramic heat emitter bulbs, that do not emit any light which will also allow them to have less disturbed sleep.

It has also been said that "Compact UVB" bulbs are not so great. A better alternative or suggested bulbs, that most people on here seem to vouch for are the ReptiSun 10.0 UVB bulbs (which can be purchased at petmountain.com aswell and cheaper than your pet store) and the Mercury Vapor/MVB bulbs (which can purchased here http://www.reptileuv.com/)
The MVB bulb is I believe like a 2 in one. Being both a basking and UVB light that is said to give off a sufficient source of UVB ray.

Hope this helps! :mrgreen:

 

[diamc]

Hi, I'm not sure where you're located but a lot us in the U.S. order from http://www.petmountain.com They have great prices. A couple other popular sites are http://www.reptilesupply.com and http://www.lllreptile.com As far as basking bulbs go, you can even use standard household light bulbs. For night, we recommend using a ceramic heat emitter that gives off heat but no light as the colored bulbs disturb their sleep. There have been many issues with the compact/coil UVB's so we don't recommend them.

 

[vickson420]

I agree with Diane those sites are pretty much the most reliable in the states.I also agree it isnt a great idea to use compact or coil UVB on beardies.Any other questions please feel free to ask

 

[diamc]

I agree, we love helping other owners with any questions at all, that's what this forum is all about and we're all still learning. :wink:

 

[my3sons]

www.drfostersmith.com has good prices and you can find 5.00 off coupons online...also they have a flat shipping fee which is great

 

[lizzywoodwardBD]

What is so bad about the compact UVB bulbs?

 

[my3sons]

can and will cause major eye issues. i had one for two months and realized they always shut their eyes.one day their eyes looked swollen...removed the cfb and within a week they were fine-went with a mvb on some tanks and reptisun 10.0 on three others-never another problem.i also used turtle eye drops for the week i took the bulb out which helped the swelling.

 

[my3sons]

I used to use a che at night but now that they are in custome pvc cages it only drops to 64-67 at night so i leave them alone....