FOREST OR DESERT LIGHT
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Lindasjackson
Chameleon Enthusiast
Yes, they need either a reptisun 5.0 or an Arcadia 6%. The Arcadia’s are good for a year and the reptisun are good for 6 months or a little more then they need replacing. What is a desert light? Is it a uvb? If so the only ones recommended here are the reptisun or Arcadia.
Connorology
Avid Member
I think this is a pretty good article from Bill Strand: https://chameleonacademy.com/chameleon-cage-set-up-replicating-the-sun/
I think most people use the aforementioned Reptisun 5.0 or Arcadia 6%. But it depends on your enclosure and your fixture. I actually use an Arcadia 12% desert bulb for four hours a day and a dying Reptisun 10.0 for the rest with some overlap because I have a quad fixture that loses a ton of my UVB output and my vivarium is super densely planted, and I'm using a UVB meter to check the specific output and that's just what I need for my setup. (That information is not a suggestion so much as to make the point that if you're using uncommon equipment the standard husbandry info you'll find online may not apply).
Presuming you don't have access to a UVB meter and you're using a the "standard" type of setup (mesh repti-breeze or similar enclosure with a single reflector UVB) there's some useful placement information in the aforementioned article that will help you get set up without the UVB meter.
I think most people use the aforementioned Reptisun 5.0 or Arcadia 6%. But it depends on your enclosure and your fixture. I actually use an Arcadia 12% desert bulb for four hours a day and a dying Reptisun 10.0 for the rest with some overlap because I have a quad fixture that loses a ton of my UVB output and my vivarium is super densely planted, and I'm using a UVB meter to check the specific output and that's just what I need for my setup. (That information is not a suggestion so much as to make the point that if you're using uncommon equipment the standard husbandry info you'll find online may not apply).
Presuming you don't have access to a UVB meter and you're using a the "standard" type of setup (mesh repti-breeze or similar enclosure with a single reflector UVB) there's some useful placement information in the aforementioned article that will help you get set up without the UVB meter.
absolutbill
Chameleon Enthusiast
@lthrbecks I have some extra 6% Arcadia bulbs 34" if you need. Just message me.
