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  1. Venutus1

    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    ps. side notes : my friends / business associates (who make the Jungle Dawn and Arcadia Jungle Dawn in China for the past 10 years) did an awesome job on these fixtures. Quality is thru the roof... we have worked on them the past 2.5 years..... and covid really put a damper on getting them...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Hi Tim, for the stepped dawn dusk cycle, YES you would need separate fixtures to do that... and just adjust each timer accordingly. or one of my new 3 bulb fixtures that are wired to accomodate that ....because I designed it with bulbs on 2 separate circuits.๐Ÿ˜ I have them in stock but they...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Hi Tim, it is good you have oil filled radiator. ๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿ‘Œ๐ŸผI was worried if it is only a 65w bulb. LOL But if it were me, I would def. add more UVB for sure. I would do 2 or 3 x 12% 46" INCH bulbs up about 18" - 24" over carapace. Or 2 or 3 x 14% 46" tubes hung up about 28 - 36" . I usually set...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    I don't know about a happy light, LOL but I would add a Jungle Dawn Full spectrum LED bar on a timer. They are *full spectrum* to simulate more natural light and made for reptiles ....and are super bright. An 18"inch 22 watt one would be enough because they are super bright..... on a...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Hi Tim. I do have a few quick questions.๐Ÿ˜ 1. Please remind me, what kind of tortoise do you have? size? 2. Is there enough of a large basking area where the animal can get his /her whole body up to 90 - 95 degrees if they want to? It seems that 65 watt bulb would not be enough in Ohio.๐Ÿค”๐Ÿฅถ...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Hi, The light is not on top of plastic right, ? because 90% of the UV will be filter out and the light will be rendered useless for UVB if the light passes through glass, plexiglass or plastic. I would be using a 35" inch Arcadia 6% bulb / fixture if it is only 9 -10 inches. So with the 12%...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Hi Eliza, That looks good and it gets some natural daylight, so that is a help. How far is the 12% Arcadia bulb from the animals back... ? how many inches is the top of their carapce away from the UV bulb when they are directly under it? also what are the dimentions of the box? It looks like...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    NOTE TO EVERYONE. I don't want to break forum rules and sort of advertise per se'... ๐Ÿ˜ˆ so please don't slap me today.๐Ÿ˜ฌ But you all may find this MOST INTERESTING.๐Ÿ˜‡ as we speak.... I am developing a: 1. HO t5 Reptile fixture that takes 3 bulbs. In 2ft, 3ft and 4 ft. models. 2. This...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Light / Heat pattern from 3 types of bulbs in a dome light.๐Ÿ˜Š๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿผ
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Hi Fernando, Those standard lightbulbs will work , but they really do not project much of the heat and light downward. It will take a crazy high wattage one of those bulbs to get the heat down to the animal. (= Electric Bill $$$$$) Because 90% of the heat will be rising up and off into the...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    "Personally, in our situation, we perfer to separate the two bulbs (bask and UV) which allows us to move the UV bulb away from the bask area to whatever level is appropriate." I AGREE whole heartedly. ๐Ÿ‘ I was not bashing vets ... but over the past many years ... I have tried to help folks and...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Read away and digest it all! I am not being jerky... But stuff like that provides little in the way of practical help to advise an average 15 year old (like my neighbor) to correctly light their baby sulcatta in a 50 gal. breeder tank. Do they have the light sitting on a screen to keep the...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Oh Tom.... I don't suppose you could post a pic of your indoor set up, or a visual example. ? Plus. I would like to see what you have.๐Ÿ˜๐Ÿข Don't ask me to post a pic... because right now I do not have any tortoises! I know, I know, ha ha I am dispensing advice "tortoise-less"! (But I AM at...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Hi Tom! Yes.... that makes all total sense. You are lucky to be in So. Cal. so that they can go outside! I forget.... but what types of Tortoise do you have? I think I used to know, but I am old and forgot! ๐Ÿฅบ "I also like to use a flat rock of some sort directly under the bulb." I love this...
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    Got it! been out of the loop (any loop!) for a while. ๐Ÿ˜ Cheers! Todd
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    Lighting tips, tricks and questions๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ’ฅ๐Ÿ‘.... !๐Ÿ˜‰

    This is a thread where you can ask and get SPECIFIC LIGHTING ANSWERS and TIPS you may be looking for..... made EASY! I was discussing with Mod Tom and we talked about how confusing lighting can be! In part because there are so many species of tortoise in so many differnt types and sizes of...
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    fluorescent light fixture

    ๐Ÿ‘ We are on like a bomb.๐Ÿ˜
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    fluorescent light fixture

    OH yes! And I am glad I could help you ! Vita-lites were good, but basically they were just maybe a 3% UVB out-put.... AT BEST... so even though the spectrum of "Daylight" was very good on them... the UVB "umph" they had was weak. We have come a LONG way, the problem is to be able to get...
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    fluorescent light fixture

    Hi Tom. Ha ha no... I probably should have looked at the date. But the question is more or less a universal one: of re-purposing Flo. fixtures that folks have hanging around. As you know. I know how much solid and reliable UV advice is *needed* out there with reptiles, including...
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    fluorescent light fixture

    What is the wattage of the black light bulb in that fixture? (may be stamped on the end of it if you can read it)_ 48" inch t8 fixtures are all over the place in wattage of bulbs that they can run....32w, 36w, 40w. THAT may be the sticking point to find the right UVB bulb to go in it. If it...
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