Terratlantis Tortum Easyled LED Light for Turtle Tanks - 75CM / 16W

Terratlantis Tortum Easyled LED Light for Turtle Tanks is an aluminium-bodied LED light bar for the larger Tortum turtle tanks, in a 16 W and a 22 W version selected above.

Key Features

• Two versions, matched to the two larger Tortum tanks: The 16 W unit for the 75 cm tank and the 22 W unit for the 104 cm tank.
• 16 W version: 1500 lumens at 6500 K, 6 x 66 x 3 cm, 0.8 kg: The brand's figures. 6500 K is a crisp daylight white.
• 22 W version: 1780 lumens, 6 x 81.5 x 3 cm, 0.9 kg: Terratlantis publishes no colour temperature for this one, so we are not going to state one - ask us and we will check the box.
• Aluminium profile with cooling fins: LEDs lose output and life when they run hot, and a finned aluminium body is how a light bar sheds that heat.
• Metal brackets at both ends: It sits across the top of the tank on the brackets rather than clamping to the glass.
• 120 degree beam: Wide enough to light the whole width of the tank rather than a stripe down the middle.

This Is A Light, Not The Turtle's Lighting

• These units light the tank and let you see the animal properly. That is their job.
• Neither version is a UVB lamp and neither is a basking lamp. An aquatic turtle needs both, over the dry area, or it develops metabolic bone disease - a soft, deformed shell that does not come right.
• Terratlantis credits this unit with promoting healthy plant growth, and that is fair for plants. It is a separate question from what the turtle needs, and the two should not be read as the same thing.
• Tell us your tank size and species and we will list the basking lamp and UVB source that go with it.

Mains Equipment Over An Animal's Enclosure

• Use a socket protected by an RCD, keep the transformer and the plug above and away from any water, and leave a drip loop in the cable so water running down a lead cannot reach the plug.
• Mount it so the animal cannot reach the fitting or the cable. Reptiles climb onto anything warm and chew anything new.
• Switch off at the wall before you put your hands in the enclosure.

Good To Know

• Both units are shorter than the tank they are sold for - 66 cm over a 75 cm tank, 81.5 cm over a 104 cm tank. That is normal for a bracket-mounted bar and it means the very ends of the tank are dimmer. Worth knowing if you are placing the basking area.
• The smaller Tortum tanks, the 40 and the 55, take the 6 W Easyled Universal instead, which is a different listing.
• Low voltage at the bar, with the transformer in the cable. Keep the transformer dry, off the floor, and above the water line.
• Ask us for the box photographs if you want the colour temperature of the 22 W unit confirmed before you order. We would rather check than assume it matches the 16 W.