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So my supplies arrived today and I thought I'd set everything up for my tortoise that's arriving on Tuesday. The last thing I set up was the MVB and upon setting it up, I noticed two things. I had it on for about three minutes so that I can test the temps a bit and the first thing I noticed was that when I first connected it, the light coming from the bulb was orange-like, sort of like regular household bulbs. After about a couple of seconds, the light changed from orange to white, kind of like how aquarium lights are. The second thing that I noticed was that the bulb was giving out a weird smell as if something was burning... are these things that happened normal? I've never had a UVB before because I've only kept nocturnal animals throughout my life as a reptile keeper, so I don't know if these things are supposed to happen or not...
The bulb is an Exo Terra Solar-Glo 125W MVB if that helps.
The bulb is an Exo Terra Solar-Glo 125W MVB if that helps.