Where can I find UVB lighting for RES hatchlings?

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I've recently bought two baby RES turtles, but I'm very inexperienced with raising reptiles. I'm a bit confused about lighting and lamps for turtles...Is a heat lamp and UVB lighting the same thing? Do I need two separate lamps for the turtles? For UVB, where can I find decent lamps? I heard that infrared lamps did not work well, and also that incandescent lamps work fine (which I defintely know doesn't work now). Can someone recommend some brands for good lights? Thanks!
 
UVB lights usually emit no heat. Mercury vapor uvb lights are heat emiters also. I'd say get two bulbs, one a ceramic heater, the other a high UVB emitting bulb.
 
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