Temperature questions

[infamouschris7]

Ok and just to clarify things up. I was told by a vet that I needed to have a uvb bulb for the frogs. Although I had some other bulb before this, the one I used before produced a lot more heat during the day. Is the uvb necessary or will any reptile daytime bulb work fine? I'm not getting much heat that I would like to from the uvb. Like a max of 80 degrees

[GrifTheGreat]

Ok and just to clarify things up. I was told by a vet that I needed to have a uvb bulb for the frogs. Although I had some other bulb before this, the one I used before produced a lot more heat during the day. Is the uvb necessary or will any reptile daytime bulb work fine? I'm not getting much heat that I would like to from the uvb. Like a max of 80 degrees

UVB is not necessary. Use incandescent heat bulbs no higher than 50 watts. They get Vitamin D3 from a calcium supplement that you should provide that contains D3. While they can benefit from 4 to 6 hours a day of UVB it is unnecessary. Be sure you have a lamp that has a dimmer switch so you can adjust the amount of light and heat coming from the Incandescent bulb. Infrared for night and a basking spotlight bulb for day that has a concentrated beam. Be sure to still provide cover for your frog so that it can hide and shelter itself from the light.

[infamouschris7]

Well I wish I would have known that before. I thought it was absolutely necessary to have the uvb. I will most likely switch back to my other daytime bulbs. Thanks for all your help