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The day before Yesterday, I bought a solarmeter 6.2. I metered one of my UVB with the new equipment.
My UVB lights are all ZOOMED repitsun 5.0. The UVB lamp I metered have been used for 6 months. I measured the UVB at the point where is 30cm(12'') from the surface of the UVB light. It is 6~7 uW/cm2.
I metered a new ZOOMED UVB lamp again. It is 17uW/cm2.
From what I know. In Madagascar，the UVB is more than 300 uW/cm2.
I also read the article《Effects of Artificial Ultraviolet Light Exposure on Reproductive Success of the Female Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) in Captivity》by Ferguson G.W., W.H. Gehrmann, T.C. Chen, E.S. Dierenfeld, and M.F. Holick. Female Panther Chameleons could live very well in only 6 uW/cm2 and could make 71% viable eggs.
In my home, the distance is only 10cm from the UVB lamp to the branch that the chameleon bask. I metered this, it is over 50 uW/cm2.
My question:
1. Why 30cm (12'') is standard distance? Do you set the branch at 30cm from UVB lamp?
2.If doing like me, raise the branch up to 10 cm. Chameleons could get more UVB and we can delay UVB lamp's operational life span. Does this have any damage for Chameleons?
3.How uW/cm2 Veiled and panther need? Someone suggest that 15~33uW/cm2 is optimal. But in the wild, it is over 300uW/cm2.
4.Is chameleons able to see UVB? if it can, it should know where UVB is stronger, it will get to there to bask. so that we needn't make a UVB gradient for chameles. right? one point 30 uW/cm2 UVB is enough for Veiled and Panther.
Thanks
My UVB lights are all ZOOMED repitsun 5.0. The UVB lamp I metered have been used for 6 months. I measured the UVB at the point where is 30cm(12'') from the surface of the UVB light. It is 6~7 uW/cm2.
I metered a new ZOOMED UVB lamp again. It is 17uW/cm2.
From what I know. In Madagascar，the UVB is more than 300 uW/cm2.
I also read the article《Effects of Artificial Ultraviolet Light Exposure on Reproductive Success of the Female Panther Chameleon (Furcifer pardalis) in Captivity》by Ferguson G.W., W.H. Gehrmann, T.C. Chen, E.S. Dierenfeld, and M.F. Holick. Female Panther Chameleons could live very well in only 6 uW/cm2 and could make 71% viable eggs.
In my home, the distance is only 10cm from the UVB lamp to the branch that the chameleon bask. I metered this, it is over 50 uW/cm2.
My question:
1. Why 30cm (12'') is standard distance? Do you set the branch at 30cm from UVB lamp?
2.If doing like me, raise the branch up to 10 cm. Chameleons could get more UVB and we can delay UVB lamp's operational life span. Does this have any damage for Chameleons?
3.How uW/cm2 Veiled and panther need? Someone suggest that 15~33uW/cm2 is optimal. But in the wild, it is over 300uW/cm2.
4.Is chameleons able to see UVB? if it can, it should know where UVB is stronger, it will get to there to bask. so that we needn't make a UVB gradient for chameles. right? one point 30 uW/cm2 UVB is enough for Veiled and Panther.
Thanks
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