Lighting Basics and Types

[Hoppy 79]

needs to have UVB output for the vitamin D growth

[LydiasMom]

Thank you for responding. UVA is for the plants, yes? So a light needs to hit both to benefit both the plants and the little ones?

[Hoppy 79]

Exactly, for example I am just to purchase this for my RETF vivarium
https://zoomed.com/t5-reptisun-led-uvb-terrarium-hood/

This combines high output LED's with a T5 UVB source, a bit pricey but I think it will prove worthwhile.

[LydiasMom]

Thank you for the link! This looks line just the sort of lighting I need, but, yeah it's definitely out of my price range at the moment. I'm also going to have to see if it's available outside of a hood bc it won't work with Lydia's house(a storage container.)