Zoo Med's LED answer to the UVB fluorescent: a 9W globe on a standard screw base combining 6500K white LEDs with dedicated UVA and UVB diodes behind a UVB-transmitting quartz cover. The appeal is service life — around four years at twelve hours a day, against six to twelve months for a fluorescent. The trade-off is the up-front price and the fact that Zoo Med publishes Ferguson zones rather than UV Index figures, so setting an exact basking UVI takes a meter.
Features
- UVB, UVA and 6500K white in one globe — one fitting instead of separate lighting and UVB lamps.
- About four years of usable UVB at twelve hours a day, roughly 20,000 hours.
- Standard screw fitting — works in ordinary dome fixtures.
- UVB wavelengths 295–320nm; UVA at 320–335nm and 355–395nm.
Positioning
With no cover between lamp and animal, Ferguson Zone 4 sits at roughly 20–33cm, Zone 3 at 35–53cm, Zone 2 at 56–66cm and Zone 1 at 69–91cm. Through mesh, each band shifts about 3–10cm further out. Match the zone to your species rather than the distance to the enclosure.
Fixtures in Reptile Heating & Lighting, or see the full brand range in Zoo Med.
