I plan on ordering one of Dragonstrand's new medium tall clearside atrium cages (30" wide x 23" deep x 48" tall). My plants will include a large golden pothos and a nepenthes miranda or bill bailey on the left side of the cage. Then a schefflera alpine jr, calathea freddie, and red maranta on the right side. I might include a small variegated spider plant and marble queen pothos if I can fit them somewhere as well.
I have been eyeing Sun Blaze and Agrobrite t5ho fixtures which have decent ballasts and individual reflectors. Do y'all think I should get a 2' 2 bulb or 4 bulb fixture for a cage this size with these plants? And do you think I should use an Arcadia 6% or 12% uvb bulb? My old plan was to run a 30" Odyssey fixture with a 12% UVB bulb. But that fixture does not have individual reflectors.
Also, should I worry about too much heat from four t5ho flourescent bulbs with the fixture sitting on top of the cage? The Sun Blaze fixture comes in an LED version which looks like the same fixture but includes AgroLED bulbs, which would give off much less heat. The Agrobrite fixture is an open top design, so maybe it won't radiate much heat down into the cage.
Thanks
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KMACSE4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002JQBQZQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075TH9VVG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3TVGJT7NY2ZAO&psc=1
I have been eyeing Sun Blaze and Agrobrite t5ho fixtures which have decent ballasts and individual reflectors. Do y'all think I should get a 2' 2 bulb or 4 bulb fixture for a cage this size with these plants? And do you think I should use an Arcadia 6% or 12% uvb bulb? My old plan was to run a 30" Odyssey fixture with a 12% UVB bulb. But that fixture does not have individual reflectors.
Also, should I worry about too much heat from four t5ho flourescent bulbs with the fixture sitting on top of the cage? The Sun Blaze fixture comes in an LED version which looks like the same fixture but includes AgroLED bulbs, which would give off much less heat. The Agrobrite fixture is an open top design, so maybe it won't radiate much heat down into the cage.
Thanks
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00KMACSE4/ref=ox_sc_act_title_3?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B002JQBQZQ/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075TH9VVG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3TVGJT7NY2ZAO&psc=1