Live planted terrarium, uv needed?

[rjm2653]

nope, plants don't need uv lighting. as long as the bulbs are around the 6500k color temp, you're good

Any suggestion on 6500k bulbs? I have an incandescent for heating and a night bulb for heating at night but the incandescent is only 2700k now that i look at the box.

[deranged chipmunk]

either ge or phillips makes a "natural daylight" cfl bulb (spiral) in 6500k. you can get them pretty cheap at walmart, home depot, ect. if you cannot fit a cfl, i know petsmart sells elongated cfl's for strip lights in 6700k. you could probably find them pretty cheap online as well. another option is led lighting. i forget who has them, but one of the sponsors on here sells led lights that screw into an incandescent socket. pretty pricey compared to a cfl, but saves money in the long run because led's last so long.

[rjm2653]

either ge or phillips makes a "natural daylight" cfl bulb (spiral) in 6500k. you can get them pretty cheap at walmart, home depot, ect. if you cannot fit a cfl, i know petsmart sells elongated cfl's for strip lights in 6700k. you could probably find them pretty cheap online as well. another option is led lighting. i forget who has them, but one of the sponsors on here sells led lights that screw into an incandescent socket. pretty pricey compared to a cfl, but saves money in the long run because led's last so long.

Will that CFL give off some heat? Because i use the the incandescent for heating and illumination

[Mentat]

Will that CFL give off some heat? Because i use the the incandescent for heating and illumination

Although CFLs will warm up a bit, like all fluorescents, they are not equivalent to incandescent light heat output due to to their design.

[rjm2653]

Although CFLs will warm up a bit, like all fluorescents, they are not equivalent to incandescent light heat output due to to their design.

So am i going to have to get another fixture to put a heat bulb in? Dont want to do UTH, and i dont need a whole lot of heat due to they just require slightly higher than room temp