Ask ReptiFiles: Are LED UVB Lamps Safe?
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- You've probably been seeing LED UVB lamps all over the market lately. At first glance, the idea is pretty appealing! But do they work? Are they safe? Let's talk about it!
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Exactly what I was looking for. You gained a new sub.
I'm happy to have been able to help!
Thank you for saying this, you've saved my Blue Throated Conure.
Is an excess energy UVA harmful for reptiles?
Likely yes - UVA in excess is known to cause skin damage in humans.
Exo Terra just came out with a new light called the Terrasky uv. Any thoughts on that?
As far as I am aware, Reptile Systems is the only brand that has come up with an acceptable LED UVB. I would not use the Terrasky unless it gets approved for reptile use by a third-party expert like Thomas Griffiths, Sarina Wunderlich, or Frances Baines. Given the performance of Exo Terra's other UVB bulbs, I'm guessing they're just jumping on the hype train and this product will underperform like the rest.
Might be a dumb question but can you balance it out using a heat lamp with UVA alongside an LED UVB?
Unfortunately no - that's another one of those cases of misleading marketing. While incandescent heat lamps do produce some UVA, it's very little, and definitely not enough to balance out the amount of UVB that an LED UVB lamp produces. There is a possibility that a UVA-specific fluorescent lamp might do the trick, but those lamps are not yet available in the US.
It seems to me that insect killer lamps contain UVA-only fluorescent tubes (short T5), but I suppose it's hard to choose the right output.
@@expendablescientist9738 I don't know very much about those particular bulbs, but my first instinct is to be very wary of something not formulated for use in animal enclosures.
What about the combo hoods led and Fluorescent ?