I just picked up an FRT yesterday, and I am kind of confused on what kind of lighting to buy. I know what to feed him, and what kind of water chemistry he needs, but not the lighting. Can someone who owns/has owned an FRT send me in the right direction for lighting.
I will post pics up in the buy/sell forum on sunday/monday, but if you can't wait you can go to flyriverturtles.com. I bought the turtle from the owner of the website, and all of the pics on the website are of my new turtle.
I will post pics up in the buy/sell forum on sunday/monday, but if you can't wait you can go to flyriverturtles.com. I bought the turtle from the owner of the website, and all of the pics on the website are of my new turtle.
However dont use one of thouse new compact ligths because they tend to be quite powerfull and frts dont need very high uvs
By another words dont use a 10,0 uv lamp on frts. This more powerfull kind of lamps is dessigned for use on desert animals ,say uromastyx,bearded dragons ,friled dragons,etc, wich have a very high need for uvs. Frts on the other hand need less intense uv radiacion for calcium sintesis and normal behavior. For aquatic turts the best uv lamps are thouse of 5.0 uvb (except for medicinal porpouses for wich the level can be incresed). That doesant mean that the stronger ligths cant be used too but you are riscking causing eye damage to your tut. Thats also why I dont use thouse brand new compact ligths(heat,ligth and uv on one lamp). Normal uv flurescent ligths work great and dont have the hazzards of thouse. That being said your 55w lamp is perfectly safe for use