We purchased a ZILLA brand aquatic turtle kit for our RES from PetCo about a month ago. The kit came with everything that was needed to set up a habitat according to the company. We set everything up, and Tee is doing wonderful in her new home.
I am the type of person who always makes sure we have plenty of what our pets need. Because of this I wanted to make sure that we had an extra bulb (kit came w/ 2 different types) incase one of them goes out.
The kit came with a Tropical 25 UV coil bulb...which we can find at the pet store. It also came with an incandescent Day Blue Light bulb...which we can NOT find at pet stores. The ones we have seen are Moon Light.
We know the Day Blue is her heat source (the bulb & basking area are hot) and have it above her basking area, and the coil is her "night light" and is on the other side of the tank. We followed the instructions for the position of the lights so they are were ZILLA says they are suppose to be.
Since we can not find the Day Blue bulbs, are the Moon light ones good enough for a heat source? And if not, then what bulb do we use??
