Night Lights

[SupaJSK]

What do you all use for night time viewing? Someone reccommended a red light bulb. I've heard of some people using black lights.

[chromis]

Theres a cool red mini pc at www.ahsupply.com that you can mount in your canopy. Although someone on A. Thiels list used a indiglo light like the ones on watches but bigger.
Andrew

[Graf-X]

I've got a blacklight and a 15w blue bulb on my 72g...Blacklight looks sweet but kinda erie..I only turn it on for show, but the corals are amazing under it!

[SupaJSK]

Will a blacklight or red light "bother" fish? Im thinking about doing this on my 100 gallon FOWLR.

[kholladay]

I have read and heard that extended exposure to red/pink lighting can cause excessive algae. Don't know if this is true but you might want to keep an eye on the tank if you are going to leave the light on for any extended amount of time. My LFS actually sells red/pink lighting along with the standard white and blue. The difference it makes in making the reds in your tank really stand out is amazing.

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Kyle Holladay
My Fish Site

[scubadude]

Originally posted by Graf-X:
I've got a blacklight and a 15w blue bulb on my 72g...Blacklight looks sweet but kinda erie..I only turn it on for show, but the corals are amazing under it!

I bet! thats an awesome idea! Would love to see some pics of the tank w/black lights if you have any! I think I might try that. [img]/ubb/biggrin.gif[/img] thanx!

[naser]

i believe the pink and red bulbs are for fresh or planted tanks.

[Graf-X]

Well I dont have any "night light" photos right now but I'll try to take some this week. The amount of color is insane!! Everything that glows blue/green under actinics is intensified by about 10X!!! Newcomers to my tank can't beleive it. Even SPS corals glow like the ****ens... And its cheap..19.99 for blacklight at walmart and 3.00 for blue bulb (just use any old bulb socket).

Another cool thing is you can scan over your LR at night to see if any small polyps/inverts are poping up..I found a few small zooanthids yesterday that are bairly visible under normal lighting but really stand out under the BL.

[Graf-X]

SupaJSK ---I don't see any evidence of the Black light bothering the fish...They just seem to know it's bedtime and slide down into the rocks...Even my clownfish seems un-annoyed that he is sleeping in a "neon" anemone...However, I only turn the light on periodically for show; and once or twice a month to simulate a full moon.