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Phasmid: (21. Jan 2008 19:55)

A daylight bulb should be sufficient as it gives off lots of heat (which is the main thing) and has very natural looking light. I would be careful with using a UV bulb as it is not important and you have to remeber that too much UV is harmful :? .

ant dude: (21. Jan 2008 21:44)

did'nt know that to much uv light can be harmful 4 ants....

Phasmid: (21. Jan 2008 22:47)

did'nt know that to much uv light can be harmful 4 ants....
Too much UV can be harmful to any animal. I'm not saying that a UV bulb will harm the ants, I'm saying that they don't need extra UV like reptiles and that having extra UV could be harmful to the ants :(. For all I know UV may have great benifits for ants or have no effect at all, but I doubt it.

jimjam: (21. Jan 2008 23:00)

Yes but you can get different strengh uv lights. Just get a low uv lamp and hook it up to a timer for anout 5 to 6 hours! UV light can damage any reptile, mammal, insect etc just like phasmid said.

Just imagen sitting out in the sun all day with out sun cream....catch my drift? It does not have to be hot for you to get sun burnt etc it's the strengh of the UV rays! :grin:

SteveUK28: (22. Jan 2008 10:41)

lol i use UV to filter my pond, so yeh UV not that great...


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