at the store they have a light like a sun a heat light and a moon light i wanna get them all but like would i use the heat light as a basking light or a regular light or i shouldnt get a heat light and use the sun light as a basking light, also i can use the moon light for at night right, one more thing when u go to bed do you turn off the basking light???
Turtles need UVA/UVB to maintain healthy shell growth and also to digest vitamin D. Zoo Med makes great UV light products for reptiles and I would recommend Zoo Med 'Repti Basking Lamp' over his basking area to stay on about 10hr/day and also their 'Repti-Sun 10.0 high output UVB bulb' above your tank during the day. You can turn all the lights off at night. I don't use heat lamp or moon light for my turtle.
I used a moon light(the blue light bulb) at night so the turtle will still stay warm but not deal with the annoying light when it sleeps. During the day I put a fluorescent light bulb in one of those metal shield type things with the clip. I just clipped it on to its cage! You only need two light bulbs really, but make sure there bright enough..but not too bright.
You should have a heat lamp which is used as a basking spot and you should also use a UVB light these should be turned of at night and heat matt on at night.
