right lights?

Erin · Member Joined: Apr 18, 2008 Posts: 27

ok iam finally setting up my 75 gallon tank. and the guy gave me the following lights for it. the UVB is Fluker's sun-glow coil lantern 85 watt. and the basking light isRepta sun basking bulb 100 watts. are these good lights ?

jose2187 · Honored Member Joined: Mar 08, 2008 Posts: 261

the coil bulbs kinda suck the reptiglo 10.0 tube is much better , the coil bulbs dont emitt as much uv

cwj108 · Valued Member Joined: Mar 18, 2008 Posts: 104

I agree with Jose, I prefer the 10.0 tube bulbs, in my case reptisun 10.0.

txrepgirl · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:38 am Post subject:

I have a 100 W basking light for a 55 gallon enclosure and I have to get a higher one because my temps just go up to 100.I don't think it would get hot enough.I found this info on the net and I probably will get me one of those.If you have one you can go with the 100W and measure the temps and if it doesn't go high enough bring it back to the store and exchange it to a higher wattage.Hope that helps.

http://market.kingsnake.com/detail.php?cat=66&de=590072

Erin · Member Joined: Apr 18, 2008 Posts: 27

ok guys thanks for the help! they were all out of the tube type ones so he told me to get that kind.i cant wait she'll be here saturday!!!!

Ben3233 · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:02 am Post subject:

I have a 50 gallon tank (2 feet high) A 100 watt heating light will not be enough. I bought one for my blue tongue skink, and the temperature was not higher than 90 degree

Buy a 125-150 watt.

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txrepgirl · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 10:19 am Post subject:

Here is some info my boyfriend found on the net.Hope that helps.Good luck with your new Tegu and congrats.Please don't for get to post some pics.Thank you.In order to make the writing larger click on the + to zoom in.

http://www.hagen.com/pdf/reptiles/Exo_Terra_Lighting_Guide_EN.pdf

Erin · Member Joined: Apr 18, 2008 Posts: 27

ok crap. iam going to try what i have and if it dont work(sounds like it wont) i will go and return them for new ones.

Warner · Posted: Fri May 02, 2008 2:38 pm Post subject:

Wow...those open top aquariums must leak a LOT of heat. My 8x3x3 enclosure is heated solely with a 90 watt halogen bulb and a 60 watt heat emitter. It also has the 60 watt megaray UV bulb there too. So total when all is on is just over 200 watts, but the enclosure is almost TEN times the volume of a 55 gallon tank. The basking side of the enclosure is about 115 and the other side is in the high 70's/low 80's. I guess this proves what we already know....heat rises! Hehe. Can you block off part of the top of the enclosure to keep some of the heat (and humidity) in?

Warner