Infrared & white light...

[Zlitni]

Hey... I've been using this 50w Infrared as spot, but it has been very red (of course) in the tank, and I'm thinking about using white light (40w) too... I tried the combination today, then my frog were starting to go to the bath (never seen it) and jumping around... after I turned the white light off again, he were starting to use old, and new places to hide, and now he's sitting at the new place...

I don't know if it's too much light for him, or it's better just to use red... (can they see good, even if it's only red?)

Thanks

[Lija]

do you have albino?

[GrifTheGreat]

Your Ornate may have been startled or just being active. They will sometimes debate on where they want to burrkw and the majority of the time they pick a favorite spot and settle in there for days. If the white light was overly bright it may have hurt his eyes some and thus made him actively search for a place to hide from it.

[Zlitni]

No, it's not here you go:

[Zlitni]

Your Ornate may have been startled or just being active. They will sometimes debate on where they want to burrkw and the majority of the time they pick a favorite spot and settle in there for days. If the white light was overly bright it may have hurt his eyes some and thus made him actively search for a place to hide from it.

Ohhh, yeah maybe it where too lightening up... I think I'll buy an bulb that's more "softly"...
By the way, I have been thinking about - as you know - buying this reptiglo-bulbs, and have two questions here: 1) is there a difference in the sharpness of light between - for example - reptiglo 2.0 and 5.0? 2) are they generally very sharp? (because, then I simply don't buy it)

[Lija]

right, you have ornate, forgot

just get simple low voltage energy saving lamp, i have 13W ones, cheap and saves energy
out of uvb the 13w 2.0 should do too, it is pretty dim, but uvb are way more expensive vs regular lamps, and since there's no need, why buy?

[Zlitni]

I'm sorry, but very much says that Froggy needs UVB-light and so on... but when Lija and Grif says it dosen't matter, I really don't know what to say... but I think maybe you're right that Froggy doesen't need it... but, why does for example anoles need UVB, when pacman doesen't??