Arcadia Pro T5 ShadeDweller Max UVB 14w – 2.5% UVB
- Perfect for Royal/Ball Pythons, Corn Snakes, King Snakes, Milk Snakes, Rat Snakes, Hognose, Garter Snakes, Boas, Mangrove Snakes
- Full UVB Fluorescent Lighting Kit – Includes T5 2.5% UVB 14 Watts Tube
- Built in Internal Curved Reflector (removable)
- High quality internal electronics, Link cable and fitting kit included
- 14 Watts Energy Efficient Rated A | WaterProof Rated IP20 | 2.5% UVB | 12% UVA | Kelvin 7000K
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Arcadia ShadeDweller Max Pro T5 UVB 14w – 2.5% UVB | Complete Lighting Kit Designed For Snakes
Arcadia ProT5 ShadeDweller Max is designed to provide optimal UV levels of around UVI 1.00-1.50 at 12”/30 at basking for species when living in enclosures that are 3’/90cm long or more. It is the perfect lamp for the most common vivarium sizes, that being 4’x2’x2′ / 120cmx60cmx60cm.
ShadeDweller Max is suitable for use with almost all species of snake within their own UVI requirements and distance to basking. ShadeDweller-Max is suitable for use with Royal / Ball Pythons and other pythons species, corn snakes, king snakes, milk snakes, rat snakes and other colubrid’s, garter snakes, hognose snakes, Boas, mangrove snakes.
One area of reptile keeping that has been severely overlooked is the correct provision of UV lighting for snakes, and especially those living in larger more naturalistic or bioactive enclosures. The ShadeDweller Arboreal 8 watt and the ShadeDweller Terrestrial 8 watt cater well for smaller species and for snakes whilst coiled at basking, but it became clear very quickly that the most commonly kept species being 3’/90cm in length or more would benefit more with exposure that covers much more of the body, and within the light and shade method.
Being longer and in the case of Royal/Ball pythons, more robust also, it is important to increase the size of area of illumination (projection zone), to allow good photo and thermoregulation, which helps to ensure access to full colour vision and the ability to self-regulate D3 levels. This will allow snakes to move and behave naturally, seeking out areas of energy to use and to explore without the risk of them being exposed to higher levels of UV than is safe for them. This is a risk with the more powerful HO-T5 lamps when used in reduced height enclosures and with species that can easily climb.
Arcadia ProT5 ShadeDweller Max is the perfect choice for these species where an environment has been created to allow self-regulated basking, but also poses very little risk of over exposure as the snake moves around the enclosure (transient exposure). We all know that most snakes love to climb, and we should allow this wherever possible to increase enrichment of the body and mind and to allow the animal to experience light at differing angles. ShadeDweller-Max 14w ProT5 is suitable for use with Arcadia Reptile LampGuardPro, the easy to use UV lamp cage.
ShadeDweller-Max has been designed with the needs of captive snakes in mind, but this should not limit its use, it is just as much a powerful tool for some lizards and amphibians living in larger enclosures that fall into Zone 1-2 and are able to safely climb to self-regulate.
ShadeDweller Max arrives complete within the ShadeDweller-Max ProT5 fitting which as always allows easy linking to other ProT5 fittings and Arcadia Jungle Dawn LED Bars. These fittings are tuned to Arcadia Reptile German made lamps, are flicker free, quick start and complete with plenty of internal electronic protection. ShadeDweller-Max is a SO-T5 lamp (standard output) and as with all Arcadia Reptile lamps has a full 12 month UV potency when used for up to 12 hours a day and with the Arcadia Reptile fitting.
Using the very latest in German lamp technology we have created yet another brand new lamp for reptiles in SO-T5 that draws just 14 watts but is over twice as bright as our 8w ShadeDweller lamp. This increase in brightness or ‘lumen output’ includes the whole spectrum of the lamp, even UV. As such to hit the target UVI of 1.00-1.50 at 12”/30 to basking, this clever lamp only requires 2.5% UV-B within the total spectrum of the lamp. So, if you were wondering why the ShadeDweller 8w lamp has 7% UV-B and ShadeDweller Max only 2.5% UV-B, to achieve a very similar result, then this is your answer, the lamp itself is more powerful over the whole spectrum of the lamp, so to reach optimal UVI at the target distance the % if UV-B is reduced, the resulting UVI however is very similar in both cases.
Perfect For Species:
- Royal/Ball Pythons
- Other Pythons Species
- Corn Snakes
- King Snakes
- Milk Snakes
- Rat Snakes
- Hognose Snakes
- Garter Snakes
- Boas
- Mangrove Snakes
Arcadia ProT5 UVB ShadeDweller Max.
Wattage | 14W |
Fitting length | 570mm |
Lamp | 14w T5 16mm Standard Output |
Energy Rating | A / 9kWh 1000h |
Ultra Violet Index
HEIGHT | 2.5% UVB |
250mm / 8″ | 0.80 |
300mm / 10″ | 0.65 |
375mm / 12″ | 0.45 |
450mm / 15″ | 0.30 |
550mm / 22″ | 0.30 |
600mm / 24″ | 0.30 |
UVI measurements have been measured at the very centre of the strongest point using a solar meter 6.5.
Minimum distance from the lamp to the reptile is 150mm/6”
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