Turtle UVB and Heat: Which Mega-Ray Bulb for the Basking Dock, and How Far Above It
A red-eared slider spends its day doing two things: swimming, and hauling out onto the dock to bask. The basking is not optional. That is where it warms up enough to digest, and where it makes the vitamin D3 that lets it use the calcium in its food — the difference between a hard, smooth…