Black Light

Forget the Endlers thing-

A low wattage black light won't hurt anything. Been to Spencers Gifts lately?
 
i just had a black light lying around and figured i'd give it a quick try but if endlers' won't light up anyway, oh well
 
That sucks about the Endlers. Well maybe try the glofish...I will. I just got out my black light and its a 18" 15w tube. The only thing is the BLB doesn't have a reflector or anything so there is not really anything directing the light. I have a regular FLOR. 18" 15w aquarium light but the inside is white but at least its enclosed. Do you think my bulb would look better in the aquarium hood instead of just the thing it came with?

--Matt
 
I tried a 2 foot black light tube on my 50gal once. It was very disappointing. It showed every little particle in the tank, and it was more than adequately filtered. I did a water change and waited a day and tried again, still, the black light looked bad.

Maybe a lower quality or lower powered black light would look better, but the one I used sure made things ugly. Or maybe I just have dusty water.
 
Mexican Racoon said:
I tried a 2 foot black light tube on my 50gal once. It was very disappointing. It showed every little particle in the tank, and it was more than adequately filtered. I did a water change and waited a day and tried again, still, the black light looked bad.

Maybe a lower quality or lower powered black light would look better, but the one I used sure made things ugly. Or maybe I just have dusty water.
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I kinda think that blacklights would only work on smaller tanks just because they are not as tall for the light to penetrate. I may be wrong though. I had an idea today at walmart looking at the fish. I wonder if albino cory cats would glow? That would be cool too. Plus I'm going to be using white pool filter sand, do you think that would glow somewhat too? Thanks!

--Matt
 
Any ideas on the albino cory cats glowing under the blacklights?
 
Not as many things glow under black light as you would think. best bet would be to get a bunch of materials you think you might use and put them under your black light and see which ones glow. I bet it isnt as many as you would think......
 
Want to know how to make your fish glow? Go to walmart, get some highlighters, then color your fish:) Then the black light would work
 
I tried the black light on my roommates albino cory. Didnt do anything. I asked the lfs if they knoew of any fish that would glow under the lights. out of the 50 or so species none of them glowed. Anyone know of any fish that are responsive to the black light. maybe just a little more iradescent?
 
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