Black lighting

dave00gt · 11-25-2005, 12:18 PM

Is ther anything negative on having a black light over your saltwater tank just to make the fishes color really bright?

inwall75 · 11-25-2005, 03:50 PM

It could be bad if you have corals. Black lights let a LOT of UV through.

dave00gt · 11-25-2005, 04:16 PM

hmmm! i wonder if anybody has tried this or done this before. im going to try this, and see im goint to have some easier to keep corrals due to trying to work with my valentini puffer.

**Poseidon** · 11-25-2005, 07:11 PM

Try a search... Lots of info on black lights. Generally considered NOT GOOD!

BubbaWPB · 11-25-2005, 07:26 PM

Hmmmm.... <imagining blind fish free of ick>

dave00gt · 11-26-2005, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by BubbaWPB

Hmmmm.... <imagining blind fish free of ick>

hah! i tried it.. and it sucks. doesnt improve anything.

Actinic all the way.!

SKRIZ · 11-28-2005, 10:11 PM

Yeah, tried it on my 30g. It sucks...huge let down. I thought it would be really cool...sucks being let down so badly

dave00gt · 11-29-2005, 10:14 AM

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Originally Posted by SKRIZ

Yeah, tried it on my 30g. It sucks...huge let down. I thought it would be really cool...sucks being let down so badly

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yes it does suck, and a huge let down.

I wish people check out this post before posting anything up about blacklighting like myself:slap:

**Ninong** · 11-29-2005, 03:19 PM

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Originally Posted by dave00gt

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yes it does suck, and a huge let down.

I wish people check out this post before posting anything up about blacklighting like myself:slap:

If you had followed your own advice and checked Reefland's board using the search engine, you would have found that his topic has been discussed previously. I know that I have responded to this same question at least two or three times over the past few years. I have finally decided that if people are really interested they will look it up.

dave00gt · 11-29-2005, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninong

If you had followed your own advice and checked Reefland's board using the search engine, you would have found that his topic has been discussed previously. I know that I have responded to this same question at least two or three times over the past few years. I have finally decided that if people are really interested they will look it up.

well i did and i found people never commented back on their results like me.

**Ninong** · 11-29-2005, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by dave00gt

well i did and i found people never commented back on their results like me.

Maybe that's because they didn't bother to try it after reading the advice given.

dave00gt · 11-29-2005, 04:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Ninong

Maybe that's because they didn't bother to try it after reading the advice given.

true

11-25-2005, 12:18 PM	#1
dave00gt Citizen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 233	Black lighting Is ther anything negative on having a black light over your saltwater tank just to make the fishes color really bright?

11-25-2005, 03:50 PM	#2
inwall75 Tenant Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: St. Louis & Washington DC Posts: 95	It could be bad if you have corals. Black lights let a LOT of UV through. __________________ Curt

11-25-2005, 07:11 PM	#4
Poseidon Moderator Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Swartz Creek, MI Posts: 6,358	Try a search... Lots of info on black lights. Generally considered NOT GOOD! __________________ Need a Photographer? Just say NO to CRABS Mike

11-25-2005, 07:26 PM	#5
BubbaWPB Governor Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Clearwater, FL Posts: 1,234	Hmmmm.... <imagining blind fish free of ick> __________________ Bubba Hmmm... now that the tank is full, I could convert the pool to saltwater... Bubba's Aquarium Log

11-28-2005, 10:11 PM	#7
SKRIZ Council Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SUWANEE, GA, USA Posts: 442	Yeah, tried it on my 30g. It sucks...huge let down. I thought it would be really cool...sucks being let down so badly __________________ "Without struggle, we can have no progress" Frederick Douglass

11-25-2005, 04:16 PM	#3
dave00gt Citizen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 233	hmmm! i wonder if anybody has tried this or done this before. im going to try this, and see im goint to have some easier to keep corrals due to trying to work with my valentini puffer.

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