Dollar Store bulbs vs. Exo Terra

[Paul Rust]

Paul, thank you so much, you were very helpful!! And thank you too to Kurt and John Clare.

Ok, I checked my bulbs today and I bought the 5.0 Exo Terra which means they are not Full Spectrum, they still have UVB but are the Tropical Reptile lights. Should I just leave them until they die and then buy the Amphibian lights 2.0 or should I stop using these and buy the right ones? Exchanging them would mean driving almost an hour away where I bought them.

I would say use the tropcal lights. I'm guessing they are the Zoo-Med Tropic Sun lights. Like John said (which I didn't know) they are getting UVB.