Uv light?

[raycarpetpython]

Hi all, just a question about UV lights. We acquired a 6 year old turtle over the weekend and the UV light that came with it has a clear plastic cover over the tube. I was told, and always thought that glass and plastic filtered out UV rays which would render the light useless. Its an Aquaone light fitting/reflector but i can't work out why it would have the plastic cover unless it was display lighting for fish or something. any insight would be great.

cheers

 

[JAS101]

can u take a pic of the light? and yes plastic and glass will block uv rays

 

[raycarpetpython]

 

[JAS101]

yeah the clear cover needs to be removed , is the tube even a reptile one?

 

[raycarpetpython]

ok cheers. i was told it was, but Im gonna replace it anyway. Don't know the age of it.

 

[the jungle guy]

ok cheers. i was told it was, but Im gonna replace it anyway. Don't know the age of it.

thats the way UV lights have such a short life span in emitting UV rays not worth the causes of MBD

remove the cover aswell as it would filter out the UV