I've had the 10.0 for 6 months now. I think the UVB would have weakened by now. Still, it might explain why my mounted neo went brown too. I have an all-glass aquarium that only opens at the top. The screen top is mostly covered by the lights. Would a fan placed on the screen top blowing downwards into the vivarium work?


Quote Originally Posted by ZachTurner View Post
10.0s are too high.. You risk burning your plants with that much uvb. all my foliage would go brown and wilt within days if I used 10.0 uvbs...
A lot of tropical indoor plants dont do well under 5.0s.. Broms will still do ok under 5.0s they will just lose color.. 2.0s put out a much better spectrum range for your plants in general..

As far as circulation goes.. Exo terra's and most other herp cages have a vent on the front as well as a screened top which creates a draw much like that of a standard fireplace.. making It easy to circulate air.. Aquariums not so much.. If you have a hot side you can pull air out your cooler side without much effort.. Otherwise it kinda gets tricky.. Ive seen a number dart frog guys run small fully encased fans inside there aquariums pushing air down at a diagonal to create some circulation..
Ive built most of my tanks so I havent really had to play with that alot..