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I love it Roman. Is this your breeding group?

Are the water lelies not toxic for the turtles?

Nice enclosure..👊

Great to see some more videos Roman

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Glad to see you and the herps are doing well!

Looking good Rom 👏

I am very interested in keeping spotted turtles in the uk would love to get any advice for doing this.

Great work Roman

Hi Christopher, yes absolutely right. 1) Recommending the power density for your animals is extremely tricky because the understanding of solar power in the course of the day and in the course of the year is shrouded with misconceptions. One could, as I have done, simply take a set of values that are deemed to be an average set by the insolation industry - and set them out as the standard set; so IRa values from say 200w/msq to 400w/msq would work. Indeed, I have found these values in tests with some dozen species, and about 250w/msq was their preference. BUT, but, there is an elegance in nature in how solar power works; and that discussion has not yet been touched upon. I thought this may have been simple to state, but as always, the obvious has trickery behind it. That change in wavelength ratios as the day progresses also changes with seasons in the same way, and to mess with our heads even more, the intensity changes also. So to get back to offering a guide that people can use is taking time, a year so far, but this is important to get right. In the meantime, the numbers I would use are 250 w/msq. for temperate animals, moving toward 350w/msq for desert lovers. That should be the reading in the centre of the basking spot, with cooler options in the periphery. Cooler shelters areas must also be provided as even in the hottest desert many animals can shelter in cooler, more humid burrows. 2)With a PD meter its easy to measure the strength of a lamp. A visit to Reptile Lighting FB page will turn up measurements that have been made on the more common lamps. I am hoping the industry will include PD readings for their tungsten/halogen lamps with time, printed on the side of the box, just as is done for UV lamps.

Awesome thanks a lot for this Roman, really interesting... So am I right in thinking that what the hobby could do with (in order to help us hobbyists select basking bulbs more appropriately), is 1) a recommended power density basking guide for each species. And 2) What power density each manufacturer's bulb provides at certain distances? (Much like what has happened for uvi exposure and uvb tubes etc.) Thanks.

Can you explain the lighting used in the brightest spot again? I heard an Arcadia bar lamp that’s not LED and a 50 watt halogen?

Yay! 😁

How old is the gecko?

Thanks for sharing, Roman

Aren't they choosing the mvb on temperature and Kelvin. 1 to 2 degrees hotter. There is no 7000 K T5HO unit either.

id love to see you include a royal python into this

Now watching this (one on the MVB) the female? Paul burrows btw!

Thank you for this! Should we be pairing a Tungsten Halogen Lamp with a Deep Heat Projector to increase available IR-B to more closely mimic the sun? Or is a halogen and UVB sufficient? Given the current technology available, it’s my understanding that a Tungsten/Halogen, DHP, and UVB working together is the closest replication of the sun we can get in a vivarium. Is this correct?

Thank you for sharing, this was helpful. I had been wondering about how the pangea store brand would measure up to the Arcadia, and this gives me a pretty good idea. Also, it was really helpful to know more about how they work, especially how wide the heat goes. I am doing my best to learn more about reptile heating and will be checking out more of your videos. I found you from a question and answer article (not sure what magazine? ) you wrote on reptile heating, referenced by Bio Dude. It also is helpful, and I will be referring back to it.

Thank you for this very thorough explanation of light - heating - dimming!

Thank you very much for your comparison. I am building the next enclosure for my snake and want to be sure to do the better heating and lighting for her. It's videos like yours, that show the science behind, that helps.

Just finished watching it all. The science of reptile lighting finally makes more clear sense and is reassuring to know with regards to the husbandry of my Leopard Gecko. Thank you Roman. Checked Mr Jinx tonight, still in his log den after over 2 months, happy as ever! 🤣 Though I'm almost freezing, but it's doing me more good than harm I guess.. 😂

I hope you brits have a nice holiday.🙂🎄

I prefer to have North West European species, but I'd make an exception for this North American species, they're stunning and not too big as adult.

Very interesting

Very informative video, I've never seen that incubator before. Are the temp sensors wifi? I've been looking for spotted turtles for ages, I have big plans for a greenhouse / outdoor combination pond when I can find some. Let me know if you know of any for sale please.

Great video as always Roman thankyou

Really great video,if you ever have any for sale please contact me,would love some of these

I would love to work with spotted turtles one day- they are so cold tolerant here in the U.S. Could you explain the unusual winter weather you’ve been having in the UK that you think led to the winter kill? Thanks!

Great setup!

Will be interesting to see how they get on as they are very light seeking lizards, good work!

Fun little vid!

Where's the chinese leopard snakes?

Hi roman, I have a quick question, which is better for obtaining visible light metal halides or spot LEDs?

Really interesting design and very well built. Unlike a glass terrarium it can be easily moved should the need arise. My large glass terrarium filled with rocks, soil, plants etc is pretty much impossible to move unless I dismantle it, which after all the work put in, I don't want to do unless essential!

Thank you for sharing, this was a very interesting watch. Learnt a lot about how each functions too. Hope you have a good Christmas!

Great video Roman thankyou and merry Christmas

Thank you for looking into this and explaining your findings.

Great vid I've got a pond full of turtles in Derbyshire this is my third year letting them brumate naturally always makes me nervous.

Great video!

Brilliant love this 🐸💚🐸

Love your set ups... I think the lily one hear your crow warning lol

I love that you give us the numbers and details much appreciated

So any news yet... did they work out to be different sexes due to incubation temps

Thank you this is so interesting to see

Are the fans connected to the on and off thermostat?

My experience observing similar set-ups has been the same. Sometimes the snakes use the RUBs as hides or to rest on top of it they don’t choose to live in them.

Would you be willing to share a part list for your lighting build?

so cool that must have taken a long time to build