Lighting opinions

[hypnotoad]

Greetings everyone, I'm finishing up an enclosure for a trio of Klemmeri that will
be installed in this bookshelf:

with the lighting and misting system over a screen top in this closet:

here's the cage completed except for the door:

and I'm using this light fixture, which accepts 2 24" t8, t10 or t12 bulbs:
All-Glass Fluorescent Twin Tube Strip Light- 30" (Black) - Lighting - Fluorescent Strip Lights at BigalsOnline

In addition to the fixture will be xenon puck lights over the horizontal bamboo perch and in the back right corner of the cage. My question is this, if you were installing this cage, what two bulbs would you put in the fixture? The cage is 35" tall X 30" wide X 24" deep. Right now I'm deciding between 2 T12 20W 5000K bulbs with a 95 CRI or one of those bulbs with a 5.0 UVB bulb.

I hate to open the old "UV or not" can of worms but I'm having a tough time deciding. If anybody has any idea what the color temp or CRI on these UV bulbs is that would help alot. I have no problem supplementing D3, I'm just wondering what will give me the best colors for the geckos and the tank.

Thanks.

Here's the link on vivarium forums to my viv build log.
Aaaaand here we go, Hypnotoad's build. - Vivarium Forums

 

[Olivier]

Greetings everyone, I'm finishing up an enclosure for a trio of Klemmeri that will
be installed in this bookshelf:

with the lighting and misting system over a screen top in this closet:

here's the cage completed except for the door:

and I'm using this light fixture, which accepts 2 24" t8, t10 or t12 bulbs:
All-Glass Fluorescent Twin Tube Strip Light- 30" (Black) - Lighting - Fluorescent Strip Lights at BigalsOnline

In addition to the fixture will be xenon puck lights over the horizontal bamboo perch and in the back right corner of the cage. My question is this, if you were installing this cage, what two bulbs would you put in the fixture? The cage is 35" tall X 30" wide X 24" deep. Right now I'm deciding between 2 T12 20W 5000K bulbs with a 95 CRI or one of those bulbs with a 5.0 UVB bulb.

I hate to open the old "UV or not" can of worms but I'm having a tough time deciding. If anybody has any idea what the color temp or CRI on these UV bulbs is that would help alot. I have no problem supplementing D3, I'm just wondering what will give me the best colors for the geckos and the tank.

Thanks.

Here's the link on vivarium forums to my viv build log.
Aaaaand here we go, Hypnotoad's build. - Vivarium Forums

basics would be 2 basking/halogen spots and 2 fluorescent tubes.

I would not spend money on the expensive UV tubes because the quantity of UV they transmit is unsufficient. If you want decent UV exposure that will work for you animals than you could install 2 bright sun UV sets or solar raptors, disadvantage is the high price here but the amount of light they generate is impressive and even lights the floor which is a big advantage for plant growth everywhere in the tank.

But again I dont have UV lamps and supplement AVES/phelsumax with babyfood and this works fine for the vit D3/calcium process. The brighter the light installed the better the colours of klemmeri will shine

 

[hypnotoad]

Thanks a lot for the response. I ended up buying two 5000K bulbs the other day because they were so cheap. Lit the tank up at night in the garage and the light looks great. The xenon basking bulbs, however, have a considerably warmer color temp than I was expecting, probably around 3000K. Hopefully a little sunshine coming into the room during the day will wash that out a bit.