UVB Bulbs?

[HerpDerp]

I have decided to get a UV bulb for my WTF vivarium and I'm not really sure what I should be getting. The dilemma is that I'm using a 10 gallon aquarium hood for my lighting and it only holds two small bulbs. Right now I have a crappy incandescent bulb in there and one of the 26w compact fluorescent aquarium bulbs. This is hardly giving off any light at all so I want to replace the incandescent bulb with something that is going to give off nice light and help my plants grow/give my frogs good color. From my research I've concluded that zoomed makes the two repti-sun bulbs (tropical and desert), the avian-sun and the reef-sun bulbs and they are all exactly the same, just different price ranges? What do you guys suggest for the best quality bulb plus the best bang for my buck? I want to order tonight so quick advice would be awesome! Thanks!

[deranged chipmunk]

any specific reason as to why UVB? i would just put 2 cfl's with a 6500k color temp in there. you can get them at walmart for like $4 a piece.

[deranged chipmunk]

a pair of these should give you a decent amount of light, if you prefer 23w, you can shop around, but for $10, if you don't use them in your viv, you can use them around the house.
EnergySaver 13-Watt (60-Watt) T2 Compact Fluorescent Daylight (6500K) Light Bulb (4-Pack) (E)*-420091 at The Home Depot

[deranged chipmunk]

these would also work, a lot brighter, but at 5000k, not as beneficial to the plants, but they would not hate it
23-Watt (100W) Daylight CFL Light Bulb (4-Pack) (E)*-ES5M8234RS50K at The Home Depot

[HerpDerp]

The aquarium hood I'm using isn't deep enough for a regular CFL. It has to be one that is slightly longer and not as wide. Think a UVB bulb would do much more for my plants and frogs?

[deranged chipmunk]

No, i think a uvb light would be a waste of $$$. Petsmart sells the bulb you are looking for. Incandescent base, but long and thin. Loom for planted tank bulbs. I'm afk for a while (cooking dinner), so i won't be able to post a link. But 6500k, or close to it, is the color temp range you are looking for.

[HerpDerp]

Thanks, that's actually super useful. I wasn't sure how to know if the bulb would be bright enough. I can order it on Amazon with my points lol.

[HerpDerp]

Actually, I just had a 100w equivalent CFL kicking around and it does fit... barely. It actually sticks out a tiny bit, but with the exo-terra the screen is indented a little bit so it fits great and it nice and bright. And I still have the other bulb that actually is 6500k in there so the plants will be happy? Lol I don't know if it actually works that way or not but it looks a thousand times better.