7Enigma
Aquarium Advice Addict
Hey folks,
Still waiting patiently for my tank to cycle and was doing some cleaning in my office yesterday and found a 30" blacklight from college. I thought it would be really neat to mount this off the back of the tank for occasional viewing (not extended periods of time, but like 10-20min or so if friends come over, or if I'd like to see whats going on in the dark).
A couple questions:
1. Will this hurt the fish due to the wavelength of light?
2. Can the fish "see" or sense this light?
3. Does any unwanted algae, diatoms, or bacteria thrive on this light?
4. Do any normal plants (java moss, anacharis, hornwort) "like" this light?
What I'm hoping is that it will not harm the fish, optimally the fish can't "see" this light (so some of the nocturnal or more shy species can be observed naturally), and that I can get some really spectacular picture, since different colors will show on the surface of the fish.
Thanks!
justin
Still waiting patiently for my tank to cycle and was doing some cleaning in my office yesterday and found a 30" blacklight from college. I thought it would be really neat to mount this off the back of the tank for occasional viewing (not extended periods of time, but like 10-20min or so if friends come over, or if I'd like to see whats going on in the dark).
A couple questions:
1. Will this hurt the fish due to the wavelength of light?
2. Can the fish "see" or sense this light?
3. Does any unwanted algae, diatoms, or bacteria thrive on this light?
4. Do any normal plants (java moss, anacharis, hornwort) "like" this light?
What I'm hoping is that it will not harm the fish, optimally the fish can't "see" this light (so some of the nocturnal or more shy species can be observed naturally), and that I can get some really spectacular picture, since different colors will show on the surface of the fish.
Thanks!
justin