blacklight? hmmmmmm?????

[moifackah]

hey I was thinking of using a black light to light my 10gallon. I got a betta and some cory's in there would it be ok? and no I dont have real plants they are fake. you think it would affect the fish at all?

 

[aznpanther98]

u can try but u'll probally not get the effect u expected, if ur decorations have flourescent colors it'll shine but other than that barely noticable, same with gravel if it's dark it won't show on the black light but light like white would give a blue glow my cuz tried that with his 70 gal tank when he put just community fish one was the painted glassfish and well only paint showed on the fish which made it look even worse b/c it actually looked artificial, i've seen a cool black light tank in a lfs near my grandmas house and it was pretty cool but unless ur on acid it's not that interesting looked like something in the back of Spencers Gift storewith all the black light stuff  u'll hardly see the fish in just a black light setup even if u don't like theblack light effect u can just use the light in ur room

 

[moifackah]

cool I saw a tanks with like a blue glow to it I thought it was with a black light, thats why I wanted it, but you say a white light would do that? is it just like any other light bulbs?

 

[colesea]

The blue glow is produced by metal hylides or compact flourescents not regular lights.  Most of the animals under those lights are primarily marine corals and invertibrates that glow due to the reflective nature of the chemicals within their bodies and the prismatic effect of their mucus coverings.  The only time I've ever seen fresh water fish glow (such as neons or the irridecents on some SA cichlids) is under dim, half-lit conditions and if they are truely in the most magnificant state of health.

~~Colesea

 

[AquariumBoiler]

I dunno how that would look in a freshwater tank, unless you have lots of white fish.  On  a saltwater tank on the otherhand, I bet that could look really good.  You might also be able to find contaminants in the water using one like those exposés on hotels they show on 20/20.  Just a thought, I've never tried it so I dunno how well it works.

 

[moifackah]

well I'm gonna try it, I'm gonna have white sand in my tank, (first time using sand in a tank) and I'll see how that look's. plus I'm gonna try and get a betta with as much white on him as possible. but then again they do change color sometimes..

 

[aznpanther98]

i ment white gravel will give a blue glow like have u ever stood in a black light room? anything white will glow blue and stuff just like tht in the tank i dunno if black light would make the betta show but could always try dunno if they have any effect on fishes

 

[moifackah]

I dunno woth a try, I can get a black light for real cheap, it would be real cool if the fish glow. if it dosent oh well, its still fun to have a black light laying around the house, lol  

 

[urlacher54]

i have a 48" blacklight bulb i sometimes put on my 75g...
the good thing is i can see my nocternal fish come out and play...my black ghost and elephant nose love it..... *thumbsupsmiley*