Equipment Review and Discussion :: Recommended Brand for activated carbon?

[VeipaCray]

How old is your UVB bulb?

[Kansasslider]

12/22/12 I did switch from a compact 10.0 TO A 5.0 I thought it was hurting my maps eyes turned out to be the clear light bulb that i was useing was the culprit. House temp is cooler than in the summer basking temp is the same.

[steve]

Basking behavior can change during the seasons. Has the basking bulb been changed recently?

[Kansasslider]

Yes

[steve]

Is it the same kind and in the same spot? I recently had to use a different type of bulb and my turtle would not bask under it.

[Kansasslider]

Yes Steve, look up a few posts.

[steve]

Ah. What's the basking temperature again?

[Kansasslider]

90

[steve]

Try to bump it up a few degrees... maybe leave some food up there too.

[Kansasslider]

Yea i thought about food. How hot is too hot? I fish a lot and in the summer temps around 100 the turtles in the river i fish bask lot!

[steve]

When using a flood light, I let it get up to the upper 90's but they have space to move around. You can keep it warmer temporarily.

[Kansasslider]

I tend to keep my bulb focused at the far left side of the dock so they can move away from it into cooler temps. I put some food up there and one of them just stole it in like 30 min but still no baskers. Kinda funny really! Actually thats real funny my res is smarter than me. I say my res because he or she is a pig.

[steve]

Heh, at healthy appetite is always a good sign. Any way you can position the focus towards the ramp?

[Kansasslider]

Its a piece of cork bark so i adjust the light to where the climb up on it.

[steve]

Neither are still interested yet?