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Has anyone put black lights over a fish tank ? How do the fish handle it ? Obviously I was wondering more in the line of fish that may not get a ton of light in their natural life, but may color up better under a black light.
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What fish do Jesper have
180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
110 Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
58 S. Decorus
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I think I read something about the UV or something like that causing problems... I might be off though.700g Mini-Monster tank -
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The only relatively common fish that will actually glow with a blacklight are the (engineered) Glofish (danios). There may be others, but I actually took a blacklight to a couple of LFS's to test this.
And yes - they did think I was a bit weird.The ultimate oxymoron - Narcolepsy and ADHD.
Who says you can`t have it all??!!
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Now that sounds like a cool looking tank for a kid's room! Except they might have trouble sleeping with something that fun to look at.58G Malawis
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Funny I've been wondering this myself- I've got a bunch of glowfish and I'm considering really doing a cheesy looking tank on purpose- like the crazy bright/colorful air movement ones you see at fish gallery-
I checked with Fish Gallery on the phone just now- They use an actinic light- usually used for Salt water- but works well with bringing out the Fluorescent colors.
As for the black light- Fish Gallery says they don't penetrate as well...
I'm getting one this weekend! Cheesy Fish carnival here I come!
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My other thought about it was to have a dual bulb canopy where one of the two lights was a black light. Just wondering.. I may try it out one of these days. I will let you all know.. what about plants, how would they handle black light injection ?
What fish do Jesper have
180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
110 Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
58 S. Decorus
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GatorRock, can't wait for pictures!
And Zulaab, that dual light sounds like a good idea, but I have no experience so it's just my opinion. How long are you planning on running the black lights? That might make a difference if you only use it when you want to view it or if it's a more regular thing.58G Malawis
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I have a 20G planted I am thinking about going dual light. I might put in a black light in one of them and see what happens... like a Black light and a 10000k light
What fish do Jesper have
180 WC T. Moorii Chilambo +1 Petro trewavasae.
110 Cyps, WC Xeno Spilopterus Kipili WC/F1/F2 T. sp red Kiku
58 S. Decorus
"The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money." -Margaret ThatcherComment
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