Lighting Suggestions

[siphon]

I have a 7.5 gallon tank without any live plants, just fish. I'm still a noob but I have an idea for my tank and I was just wondering if it's doable. I've decided to go with an all black & white setting. The gravel, plants and decortations are all black & white. What I would like to do is to some how make the white parts glow, I want to duplicate the same affect you get from a black light. But for one thing, I don't know if a black light is even healthy for a tank. I have seen bulbs that are referred to as "Actinic Blue" and "Moon Blue" but I don't know if they'll create the affect I want.

Does anybody have any suggestions or is my glowing affect doomed for failure?

 

[lawnman]

Hi, you can check the search for lighting and there are 6 pages of stuff on lighting. Hope this helps you

 

[Cearbhaill]

Most of us try and make the conditions in our tanks nice for the fish- make sure the deco isn't too stark. Fish need to feel secure.

I have photos of a freshwater tank under actinics on my "photos" page- it's not as stunningly crisp as you'd think. It's more a murky glow.

 

[Aquafreak]

You can't see much with a black light on the tank, all the water becomes totally cloudy under blacklight.