OEM T8 18" uvb Lamp Tube

Reptiles need UVB for vitamin D production and calcium metabolism. Without UVB, reptiles can develop Metaboic Bone Disease in 6 months or less. This lamp, along with proper temperatures, will enable your reptiles to make viamin D and process calcium from their diet.

Life is up to 10000Hours.  The UVB fluorescent lamp`s light is very close to the tops of the plants, providing lots of light while keeping the plants from getting leggy or scorching.The spectrum of light is important to horticulture because each spectrum triggers different responses from the plants-blue light induces vegetative growth, red light induces flowering. This in turn plays into which type of lighting rig you'll use and when-some types specialize in certain parts of the spectrum while others can span multiple wavelengths.The color temperature of a light source is the temperature of an ideal black-body radiator that radiates light of comparable hue to that of the light source." Colors above 5000K are known as cool colors (blue) and closely resemble natural sunlight. Colors below 3,000K are known an warm colors (red)