trouble with humidity baby sulcata

[Tom]

Should the UVB run the entire length of the Terranium or only half or less?

Any length is fine.

There are four elements to heating and lighting:

1. Basking bulb. I use 65 watt floods from the hardware store. I run them on a timer and adjust the height to get the correct basking temp under them.
2. Ambient heat maintenance. I use ceramic heating elements or radiant heat panels set on thermostats to maintain ambient above 80 degrees day and night for tropical species.
3. Light. I use florescent tubes for this purpose. Something in the 5000-6500K color range will look the best. Most tubes at the store are in the 2500K range and they look yellowish.
4. UV. If you can get your tortoise outside for an hour 2 or 3 times a week, you won't need indoor UV. If you want it anyway, get one of the newer HO type fluorescent tubes. Which type will depend on mounting height. It helps to have a UV meter to test and see what your bulb is actually putting out at your mounting height.

 

[Ali311]

thank you for this info. i am just wondering if i have a large enclosure like 8 long by 4 wide, would i need more than one uvb fixture in order to have uvb run through half or more of the enclosure.

 

[Ali311]

i just saw that you said any length is good. thank you