Baby Long-Necked Turtle - Heat Lamps

[melrick]

Hi, I've been looking on www.herpshop.com.au for a good, cheap heat lamp for my Baby Long-Necked Turtle, what would you recommend, a clear reflector globe (day/night cycle), an 'Aussie Sun' Infrared heat lamp, or a 'HS Economy' Dark globe?

If you want to have a look go to www.herpshop.com.au > click on 'lighting equipment' > scroll down.

Thanks,
Matt Elrick

 

[sxc_celly]

Hi there. Ive owned turtles for yrs. Turtles NEED UV light, so make sure all the ones your looking at have UV ratings. Also id honestly get a tube not a globe as they could splash it and its harder to attatch. Just get a normal fluro fitting/reflector and purchase one of the UV fluro tubes, its ALOT easier. For heat just use an aquarium heater in the water.

 

[olivehydra]

for heat (not uv) I find cheap reflector spots (60w)in a desk lamp work fine, just a couple of $ from the hardware shop. I use blacklight tubes for UV (Nec).