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blue_tegu · #1 (**permalink**) 01-09-2005, 08:48 AM

was just reading over the results chart on the reptile uv website. i currently have the mega ray flood eb and i noticed from the chart that it actually gives off no UV A? Am I reading this incorrectly? Will I now have to add an additional light to provide UV A? YIKES...

blue_tegu · #2 (**permalink**) 01-09-2005, 09:12 AM

to help sort this out better:

i've got the mega ray flood eb, and a ceramic heat emitter currently set up for her basking spot. i was quickly browsing some reptile stores and i see that it's almost impossible to find a bulb that produces just UVA without also producing UVB and or heat, both of which I do not want. i hope i'm not hurting my tegu...

Nicole???

NicoleRussell · #3 (**permalink**) 01-09-2005, 12:40 PM

where does it say on the reptile uv site it produces no UVA?
And why would you want no UVB/heat for a tegu???

blue_tegu · #4 (**permalink**) 01-09-2005, 06:40 PM

no, of course I want the UVB and the heat...I just wanted to know if I need to buy an additional light to provide UV A

http://russiantortoise.org/uvb.htm

see the chart shows no output of UV A for the flood...

ann0306 · #5 (**permalink**) 01-09-2005, 07:03 PM

It also shows no UVA output for the sun, so I'm thinking that chart isn't quite complete.

NicoleRussell · #6 (**permalink**) 01-09-2005, 11:09 PM

no of course they put out UVA---it's just that UVB, and output/distance is the concern of most reptile owners (uva you can get from a screw in nothing bulb)---which is why the chart concentrates on UVB output and documentation.

blue_tegu · #7 (**permalink**) 01-10-2005, 12:25 AM

ok, just wanted to double check...
thanks Nicole

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