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Originally Posted by nepoez
murrindindi, Honestly I didn't get the MVB for the purpose of UVB. I got it in a panic to try to get a bulb setup that would cover his whold body for the sake of basking purpose not so much UVB. UVB would just be a bonus. But right now I don't think UVB is his problem, and my prime suspect was basking site error, thus the MVB I bought. So he's been using that for 2 days now + a extra 50w halogen flood. I don't seen any improvements, dispite the high basking temps...
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It doesn`t matter whether you used the MVB for the UVB, heat or just illumination, it MUST be at LEAST 30cm from the face of the bulb to the closest surface of the monitor (which will normally mean it`s head), even slightly closer can cause very serious burns.
I`m not disagreeing with Mark (MDF) or anyone else just for the sake of it, but offering a surface temp of 160f will NOT necessarily cause the animal to lose weight or become more active throughout the day. It will only decrease the time it takes to get the core temp up to "activity level" by a very small amount, maybe a couple of minutes or so (obviously the actual speed will depend on the monitor`s mass).
Unless you can achieve that raised surface temp without also raising the ambient too much must also be taken into consideration (if it`s too warm they retreat), in which case they`ll cool down, become less active, defeating the purpose of raising it in the first place! This species is most active during the cooler wet season when ambient temps don`t usually get "extreme".
Other species DO encounter higher ambient and surface temps and use them very regularly, I`m not suggesting raising them is a bad thing in itself, but 140f is perfectly acceptable and should ensure the monitor can operate at it`s full potential, providing all the other parameters are met.
EDIT: Can you take a video of the monitor?
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