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Hello all! I currently have a Russian tortoise (recently-adopted rescue!) and live in an apartment in upstate New York. While I currently take her out on warm days for about an hour and allow her to sun herself in the little yard we share with another tenant, I am unable to do this most months out of the year, as it gets far too cold here. Thus, I'll need to be sure that she can get enough UVB indoors during those times. Her current indoor UVB situation is awful--we adopted her and were given one of the compact coil bulbs as well as a Zoo Med repti-spot heating lamp, which seems to work well.
Ive determined that a T5-HO 10.0 reptisun bulb is my best bet, but would it be overkill to use an MVB for heating as well, just so she gets as much UVB as possible, while maintaining a temp gradient in the enclosure?
Also, what fixtures for the T5-HO bulbs are usable? I currently have her in a Rubbermaid tub while I work on prepping a larger enclosure, and I highly doubt that the pricey zoo med hoods are compatible with her current enclosure (or the tort table I'll build), since they're made for terrariums...
I've been browsing the forums (and the web at large) for days worrying about this! Help is GREATLY appreciated!
Ive determined that a T5-HO 10.0 reptisun bulb is my best bet, but would it be overkill to use an MVB for heating as well, just so she gets as much UVB as possible, while maintaining a temp gradient in the enclosure?
Also, what fixtures for the T5-HO bulbs are usable? I currently have her in a Rubbermaid tub while I work on prepping a larger enclosure, and I highly doubt that the pricey zoo med hoods are compatible with her current enclosure (or the tort table I'll build), since they're made for terrariums...
I've been browsing the forums (and the web at large) for days worrying about this! Help is GREATLY appreciated!