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    I am still waiting on my developer to finish up on the Classifieds Control Panel so I can use it to encourage members into becoming paying members. Google Adsense has become a real burden on the viewing of this site, but honestly it is the ONLY source of income now that keeps it afloat. I tried offering disabling the ads being viewed by paying members, but apparently that is not enough incentive. Quite frankly, Google Adsense has dropped down to where it barely brings in enough daily to match even a single paid member per day. But it still gets the bills paid. But at what cost?

    So even without the classifieds control panel being complete, I believe I am going to have to disable those Google ads completely and likely disable some options here that have been free since going to the new platform. Like classified ad bumping, member name changes, and anything else I can use to encourage this site to be supported by the members instead of the Google Adsense ads.

    But there is risk involved. I will not pay out of pocket for very long during this last ditch experimental effort. If I find that the membership does not want to support this site with memberships, then I cannot support your being able to post your classified ads here for free. No, I am not intending to start charging for your posting ads here. I will just shut the site down and that will be it. I will be done with FaunaClassifieds. I certainly don't need this, and can live the rest of my life just fine without it. If I see that no one else really wants it to survive neither, then so be it. It goes away and you all can just go elsewhere to advertise your animals and merchandise.

    Not sure when this will take place, and I don't intend to give any further warning concerning the disabling of the Google Adsense. Just as there probably won't be any warning if I decide to close down this site. You will just come here and there will be some sort of message that the site is gone, and you have a nice day.

    I have been trying to make a go of this site for a very long time. And quite frankly, I am just tired of trying. I had hoped that enough people would be willing to help me help you all have a free outlet to offer your stuff for sale. But every year I see less and less people coming to this site, much less supporting it financially. That is fine. I tried. I retired the SerpenCo business about 14 years ago, so retiring out of this business completely is not that big if a step for me, nor will it be especially painful to do. When I was in Thailand, I did not check in here for three weeks. I didn't miss it even a little bit. So if you all want it to remain, it will be in your hands. I really don't care either way.

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    Some people have indicated that finding the method to contribute is rather difficult. And I have to admit, that it is not all that obvious. So to help, here is a thread to help as a quide. How to become a contributing member of FaunaClassifieds.

    And for the record, I will be shutting down the Google Adsense ads on January 1, 2025.
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    In short, DON'T! Email notices are to ONLY alert you of a reply to your private message or your ad on this site. Replying to the email just wastes your time as it goes NOWHERE, and probably pisses off the person you thought you replied to when they think you just ignored them. So instead of complaining to me about your messages not being replied to from this site via email, please READ that email notice that plainly states what you need to do in order to reply to who you are trying to converse with.

Mercury Vapor Bulb Questions

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I was wondering if anyone else had a similar setup to mine! I have 160W MVB's, but for some reason I can't get the darn things to last longer than 3 months! The bulbs are not constantly turning off, the cage space is great, I even did an experiment to see if they really need to be "flat"...turns out this is not so as my "flat" bulb in the fixture blew 2 days before my bulb that was laying on its side in a hood. Did I maybe get faulty bulbs? Or maybe my surge protector is short circuiting the bulbs? Not sure, I turned the one that was still working (up until this morning) on and it started to flicker, then it stopped and then it turned off completely! I waited 15 minutes, still it didn't turn on. I dunno whats going on here, but I'd like to find out why my bubs which are "suppose" to last 2 years with a change out yearly, are only lasting 3 months! My fixtures are all rated for up to 250W and have the ceramic fittings....which has had little to no effect on the 160W Professional Series Solar Glo bulbs from Exo Terra, has anyone else had this problem or maye someone who can offer some insightas to why this is going on and what i can do to better fix it? My high temps and basking temps are great with these bulbs and I really like them, but not if they only last 3 months!
 
I have the exact same problem. The very first MVB I tried 3 yrs ago was the one made by ZooMed and we had ordered it online for our Uromastyx. It lasted about 8 months before blowing (and it was not kept flat...I didn't know any better at that time!).

Every other MVB I've used since has been Exo Terra and out of probably 5-6 bulbs, the longest one has lasted has been about 6-8 months, if I recall. Thats all the petstores carry around here. I personally think its the manufacturer.

As crappy as it is, its still better than the alternative of having to order a replacement online and waiting for it to arrive when your current one has blown. Luckily for us, most petstores here are lenient and will just swap out the dud bulb for a new one as long as you got the receipt, even if its past the return policy a couple weeks or so.
 
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