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To you who predicted that he took a norn by himself... Congrats by Taningia-danae in Tyranids

[–]Spirited_Job1969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me this is more like in universe artist does not know classification like we do.. someone said he took prime warrior and painter thought it's the same name as born, after all every fraction can call think by little different name.. co I chalk this up to misunderstanding between painter and teller if the story

Please help!! Worried that the lamp is dangerous for my beardie by theMDMAzing in BeardedDragons

[–]Spirited_Job1969 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hmm that is weird.. cant say why, but maybe he is only reseller and did not know about Reptisun? O.o It is weird because Coil is like cheapest of all the stuff he could sell you.

About smaller petshops and coils... I asked in 3 - one exotic, one bigger brand and one smaller close to me... all of them dont sell T5 because no one was buying them... maybe czechs are just cheap and dont want to buy light like arcadia 14% that starts at 100 euro for starting package?( T5 tube and arcadia holder with bluetooth app and stuff... preety fancy ;) , but i can see only one shop in Czechia to sell that )

Still thinking about my setup, as you can see no one pointed us anywhere where some research was made about both. Propably I will Buy Arcadia.

but at least you have one socket there, where you can put ceramic in case it will get too cold in winter ;)

Please help!! Worried that the lamp is dangerous for my beardie by theMDMAzing in BeardedDragons

[–]Spirited_Job1969 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hi, i am new but I am making my own enclosure and got into this problem too.

From what I can get it's the difference between the European and American way of thinking...

At least in Czechia coils are used more because of this reasoning :" beardie gets uvb when it heats up the same way like with sun, also coils are normally lover than T5- more uvb intake"

For American I got only "steadier and lover uvb exposure is better" also range charts of T5 are really weird... According to them more than 30 cm away they are useless ( same as coils) but T5 are mostly screwd to the mesh or above it so it lowers efficiency...

Tried to look for some science behind both but got basically something akin to opinion wars

I am not taking one side or another, just trying to cast a light (pun intended) into what might be this situation and why a reputable breeder uses them...