Hello Everyone! I'm new to the forum and I'm currently using a Reti Glo 10.0 UVB 13w in my babby tort enclosure. I just read in another thread that C.F. Bulbs hurt torts eyes. I'm I using the correct UV Bulb for my baby tort? Thanks
tv_mikey said:What type of bulb do you guys recomend?
tortoisefanatic said:tv_mikey said:What type of bulb do you guys recomend?
A mercury vapor bulb, or MVB. I use PowerSuns, but there are others.
Alan
fbsmith3 said:DO NOT BRAKE the florescent coil bulb, they contain mercury and aerosolized mercury is toxin.
If you can not return it, you can still use it as an expensive plant light; just aim it toward the plants and away from any animals or peoples eyes.
ZooMed guarentees their CFL bulbs no longer focus UVB, but like others I'd rather not chance it.
Just please DO NOT BREAK any florescent bulbs and if you do call a hazmat team seriously, they all have mercury and are toxic.