General Care Discussion :: How many hours of UVB?

[kgielda]

I've always turned on my UVB light when I leave for work, then the UVA light turns on about an hour later after I leave. Then at night, the UVA turns off, and a little while later I turn off the UVB. I figure it was sort of mimicking sunrise and sunset (slowly getting brighter and darker).

I've seen a few posts around about RES' eyes swelling because of the UVB bulb. Should I only have it on for a few hours a day instead of all day long?

Kate

[emma]

You should have it on for 12 hours or a bit less. The eye swelling is because the UVB was to close to the turtle or because they had the 10.0 version of UVB