Black Light

Matt101905

Matt101905

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I was just wondering, are black lights bad for fish? Although I absolutely hate dyed fish, I wonder if the dyed zebra danios would look cool under a black light. Note I would never buy any of those danios. I used to know the answer to this question but I forgot for some reason. Thanks!

--Matt
 
I've wondered the same thing about how Endler's would look under UV. I've debated buying a blacklight bulb for the tank.

FWIW, the glofish danios arent dyed...they actually ARE that color, so why not buy some?:

http://www.glofish.com/

they have a video of them under blacklight...
 
some can be bad for fish because of the UV rays.

those fish arnt dyed tho. they inject some jellyfish genes or something for the colors. the fish do not go through the pain of being injected with a needle!!!
 
Wow that is crazy. So with those little videos, what type of bulb do the glofish look better under? The black light or the Actinic? I'm so totally thinkin about making my 20 gal. a glofish tank. I painted the back and sides black but I'm going to have white sand. That tank would look trippy under a black light with those glofish swimming around. I could sit around for hours watching that...esp. after I....nevermind.

--Matt
 
I forgot, I do have two little LED moon lights...bet they would work too!
 
Matt101905 said:
Wow that is crazy. So with those little videos, what type of bulb do the glofish look better under? The black light or the Actinic? I'm so totally thinkin about making my 20 gal. a glofish tank. I painted the back and sides black but I'm going to have white sand. That tank would look trippy under a black light with those glofish swimming around.
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The actinic produces visible light(bluish), the blacklight does not...

Most LEDs emit a very narrow spectrum...if they are visible light they may have very little or no UV output. But there ARE UV LEDs available: http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/ULED-2/ULTRA-VIOLET-LED-395-NM-30-DEGREE/-/1.html

Perhaps I shall have to go spend the $ on BLBs for my Endler tank.

Matt101905 said:
I could sit around for hours watching that...esp. after I....nevermind.
--Matt
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way ahead of you...
 
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kj5kb said:
way ahead of you...
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NICE! Yea my little "moon light LEDs" don't put up very much light and I think I got them free. They would look good in a small tank such as a 10gal. On my 55 they were cool because I pointed them on my huge driftwood and that was the only thing you could see in the tank...pretty tight looking.

--Matt
 
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