Fluorescent Bulb for anole?!?!?

The local pet store chain will have a good selection of UV/visible spectrum light sources. A household one will not have UV, as the glass will absorb it. (This also goes if you take a UV light source and shine it through the enclosure walls - no UV will reach the anole.)

The fluorescent will not provide heat, you may need to look into a heat lamp, Under Tank Heater, or an incandescent bulb depending on your set up. Do NOT use heat rocks, they are very dangerous and can burn lizards easily.

Personally, we have used zoo med's 40W w/ UVB incandescents for years with our geckos and have had great success. You might want to start there or with their website for some additional research. Good luck!

To answer your second question, I've always heard that it's better to use the tube-shaped fluorescent bulbs. I personally have never used a compact fluorescent for UVB, so I couldn't tell you how well it would work. I have had good results with the Repti-Sun tube fluorescents. (As others have already said, you can't use just any random fluorescent light for your reptile-- it has to be one that specifically says it gives off UBV. This is not a standard feature of light bulbs.)

The idea is that your reptile is supposed to be able to bask with his whole body and tail fitting nicely beneath the UVB bulb, for maximum UVB absorption, but the compact flouorescent bulbs are just too small for most reptiles to stretch out under. (They also supposedly give off less actual UVB-- but I don't know for sure whether or not that's true.) Offhand I don't remember how large anoles can grow, but I would suggest that you go with a tube-shaped UVB fluorescent, just to be safe.

Again, I have no personal experience using compact fluorescent UVB bulbs, but this is what I've heard.

It doesn't matter what size the bulb is if it isn't a UVB producing one you cant use it.

Normal household bulbs do not produce UVB so cannot be used.

You can buy spiral and spiral compact UVB bulbs which do produce UVB hence the name, these can be used.

I think that Anoles need UVA and UVB light cycled. They also need a heat source, but be careful with rocks as they can cause burns sometimes.

Nope. But you really need a warm stone for it or heat lamp or it won't be able to digest its food. A friend of mine had a pricey lizard die on him because there was no heated stone.