fish lights

[nedword]

I recently had a 15 watt strip flourescent in my tank (no plants--and still measuring no nitries :confused: but that is beside the point) and am worried that it might have too much UV because my fish's eyes had bands of read around them. So, I took the light out and am wondering what kind of light is safe and how can I tell that a light is of the right spectrum when I am shopping?

Thanks in advance!

[SomeGuy88]

I wouldnt worry about to much UV if I were you. I had to buy a special high output uv strip for my bearded dragon (lizard) and that still is no where nere as much as the sun puts out in a day. Anyways if you have a glass/plastic cover for your lights then that will filter out mst of the uv anyways.

-Dan

[nedword]

well could there be any other reason for the red bands in the eye? I also found them to be generally less active when the light was on.

[125gJoe]

It's normal for some fish to have "red" eyes, or bands of "red" around the eyes.... ;)

[phanmc]

a few drops of visine will clear that right up ....

J/K ;)