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blue lamps

Acceber

Acceber

"Tu was du willst."
hey all! just a quick question...I read all the time about the different kinds of lights to use on this site, but I haven't seen anything about the blue lamps (that's what I use for my babies at night) What are people's thoughts on these?
 
I'm curious about something too (since someone else brought it up).

Red lights, vs blue lights.

Day-glo vs night-glo (or whatever they're called). What's the difference?

Red I know you can use 24/7... what about blue?
 
Blue you can use 24/7 too. however, the blue light is made to give off as little illumination as possible to try and mimic the Moon. Thus, if you use the Blue light in the day, your viv won't be as illuminated as if you used a red or white bulb.

On the other hand, the red bulb gives off Infrared heat, where the blue lamps don't...unless you can find one that does. The Red light provides more heating than the blue.

And thirdly, I have heard from a couple of people and myself included that blue and black lights can cause problems with your snakes. I actually had a snake that started having seziures, and when I removed the blue/black light I was using, it stopped. If Cav ever returns, he can give a little more light on this too as he has mentioned problems with Blue and black lights.
 
Spirit said:
I'm curious about something too (since someone else brought it up).

Red lights, vs blue lights.

Day-glo vs night-glo (or whatever they're called). What's the difference?

Red I know you can use 24/7... what about blue?
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Day-glo is supposed to mimic the sun, and night-glo is supposed to mimic the moon.
 
thanks guys...i'll probably end up taking the blue lights out and using day-glo in the daytime if not just using red 24/7...i'd rather prevent problems before they start then even have the possibility of hurting my snakes! :cheers:
 
I got that... I was curious what the major difference was though other than color. I wasn't sure if they both gave off heat, or just levels of light (red vs blue).

Of course the moon gives no heat, so that's a big d-uh to me, eh? ;)
 
Not a big duh to you at all.

All lamps give off heat. There's no such thing as a cool lamp, not to my knowledge anyway.

I can tell you I've got a 100w red bulb for my ball pythons, and that bad bay gets HOT. My blue bulb never got that hot, but it did increase the temps in the viv.

You've got to be careful, blue is day-glo, there's something else that's night glo. I dont believe you can use day-glo bulbs 24/7.
 
Blue is night glo, no? Simulates the moon... Day Glo is white (basking light) but gives off no actual light, and heat glo is red adn simulates the sun (provides more heat)... no?

I also have the 100 watt red, but it gets too hot, so I use a regular 60 watt soft pink during the day and a 40 watt regular red (not heat glo) at night.
 
Day-glo as in the actual blue bulb? I had a day-glo before it broke, and it most certainly gives off light.

The only thing that doesnt give off light is a ceramic bulb, to my knowledge anyway.

All other bulbs give off light, and heat.
 
Okay, I've got this figured out.

It depends on the brand.

'Day-Glo' is either clear, or light blue.

'Night-Glo' is either dark blue, or black.

Obviously red is infared, and well, uh...red.
 
I feel more confused about this than before I started reading this thread. :D
Nah, that's not really true, but just so i know I got this:

Here's what I gather (tell if I'm even close):

Real sunlight: UV+"normal"+infrared

Real moonlight: "normal" only (?)

Nightglow would then simulate the moon, and dayglow would simulate sunlight. Nightglow is made to produce as little heat as possible (depends on brand) just like the moon.

Ok. :)

How about blacklights? Those are the ones that can cause severe problems right?
They emit UV(?). And nothing else(?). ...and that can cause problems since snakes can't see UV, and the eyes are therefore damaged.

What I don't understand is how normal (human visual spectrum) blue colored lighting can harm snakes... :confused: Is that "blue" actually "black"?

Just out of curiousity, does anybody have some kind of chart on the cornsnakes visual spectrum?
 
i use all three...

red glo during the day for one snake, day glo for the other. i switch off daily and provide my hatchling with night glo almost every night. i plan to get a second night glo lamp for my yearling. winter here sucks, they'll need the extra warmth in the evening.
 
Norbert-

You can use infared heat lamps 24/7 without any ill consequences. They put off much more heat than night-glo bulbs do. Just something to consider.
 
I use a red bulb 24/7 here in PA. Last night it got down to about 30 degrees outside my house and was 68 inside. However, inside my snakes cage with the red light on, the hot side was around 76. I use a 60 watt red for my 10 gallon tanks.
 
I use a dayglow bulb most of the time, but if it goes and i havn't a spare in i use a standard 25watt pearl bulb.
 
i stopped using...

day glo when norb started having shedding problems, it was suggested that the source of heat was the issue. i switched to red heat and the problem was solved. i still use day glo for my hatchling for a few hours every other day.
 
I've got a UTH on my 20 long for my BP's. I've got a timer for the infared heat lamp to come on around 10:30 and going off around 2. It works out well to have those few hours of added heat at night when my rooms cools off.
 
I use a red light 24/7 with a thermostat, then turn the temp down at night. It heats up the tank well and the snakes seem to know what time of day it is. All this UV and infrared stuff is confusing! I used a blue bulb once, I don't think I'll use one again now. The red bulbs do blow out faster than the blue ones though.
 
the red bulbs blow out faster because of the heat difference. The hotter a bulb burns, the longer a bulb burns hot, the shorter the life span is. If you want a red bulb to last longer, get a dimmer/rhestat control, and just turn down the amount of voltage/current going to the light. This will still out out light, but limit the amount of power. It will however, effect the amount of heat put off too.
 
Yes, I don't think there would be much point getting a dimmer, it's not on constantly anyway and much less at night. It just comes on with the thermostat.
 
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