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wat type of UVB tubes do you guys use or recommend? Thanks, and is a 60 gal too big for a 3 inch dbt?:) bob
60 gal too big for a 3 inch dbt?:) It verges on too small. the more space the better. I don’t think that small turtles get freaked out in a big cage. Just make sure you have lots of hiding places for the terp. The 60 will be too small if it turns out to be a female. And even a male deserves more space. But you have a few years before you have to worry. I have used the reptiisun 8.0 bulb as they are the ones that seem to produce the most UVB by independent analysis. Don’t bother getting a 3.0 or 5.0 its not like you are going to cook your animal. Keep it within 12 inches of the basking spot, too, or its useless. And of course supplement the diet with D3 anyway. I have recentely begun using the mercury vapor bulbs but i have not has long enough experience with them to make a determination as to their usefulness. I am not sure anyone has. Others? -rob “sumthinglk3sila5