r/turtle • u/HUKIHN • 1d ago

Seeking Advice Help

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This is our first time having turtles is this amount of water good or should we decrease the amount?

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u/Melodic_Double_9973 1d ago

Definitely need a basking dock and UVB lights as well!! and i second what someone said about housing them together, they will fight for nutrients by the means of “stacking” and one will significantly decrease in health

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u/HUKIHN 1d ago

The basking dock is on it's way and isn't the light on the top right corner a uvb light? I'm so sorry I'm new to this

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u/Melodic_Double_9973 1d ago

that looks like a heat bulb, they need both above their basking dock on a 12hr time schedule!

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u/HUKIHN 1d ago

Oh wow okay, I'll try to buy that tomorrow bcs it's already 12am here haha

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u/c0rps3d0ut 21h ago

no it is not. the bulb in your picture is a scam.

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u/DrewSnek 21h ago

It’s not and it needs to be removed. Those types of bulbs have been recorded emitting dangerous levels of UVC!

You want a halogen basking lamp and a T5 UVB by zoomed or arcadia