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02-23-2005, 06:55 PM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: miami,right near da beach BOYE!, FL,Florida Age: 23
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 |  Re: black lights
unless they have the proper output then i say no. i have never seen just regular black lights used before in a reef setting...
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02-24-2005, 10:34 AM
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| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
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| Re: black lights
A black light is the name commonly given to a lamp emitting almost entirely UV light and very little visible light. Ultraviolet light itself is invisible, but illuminating certain materials with UV light prompts the visible effects of fluorescence and phosphorescence.
In other words, it Might look cool but it also emits a light spectrum that could be harmful and detrimental for your aquarium.
Jim
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90 Gallon glass, 135#'s of rock and 2" sand. 2-250w 20k XM metal halides. 2-95 watt actinic VHO, 4 powerheads, Coralife skimmer. Maroon Gold Striped Clown, Blue Chromis, Kole Tang, Pygmy Angel, Serpent Star, Brittle Star,Gorgonians, Mushrooms, Yellow Polyps, Turbo Snails & Blue Legged Hermits. 20 gal sump with Caulerpa, Mag 7 return pump. | |
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02-24-2005, 11:19 AM
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| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
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| Re: black lights
ok so black light is out of the questio what i have is a 75g tank i want anenomes and some coal like bubble and some shrooms im poor so im useing 2 shop light fixtures on my take each holding 2 40 watt bulbs thats all i can doo for now what are my options for bulbs/ 2 actinics and 2 50/50? or what?
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125 gal, pro clear wet dry with built in skimmer, 2 maxi jet 1200 power heads, outer orbit with 2 150w mh and 2 130w pc, 150 pounds fiji lr, a large carpet anemone, 1 coral bannded shrimp, large colony of stars, 1 yellow tang, 1 naso tang, 1 snowflake eel, 1 koran angel juvi. i sold most of my corals to get the 125 gal tank so basicly starting over. | |
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02-24-2005, 11:20 AM
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#5 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
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| Re: black lights
sorry for the bad spelling | |
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02-24-2005, 12:00 PM
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#6 (permalink)
| | Eyelash Blennie
Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Lakeland, Fl
Posts: 1,294
| Re: black lights
I don't know of any normal output lights that are considered daylight or actinic. That doesn't mean they don't make them, I just don't have any experience with them. All the bulbs and fixtures I have used were either VHO, Compact Fluorescents, or Metal Halides.
Anemones are considered to be Light: High to moderate and Water Flow: Medium. You need a lot of N.O. bulbs to ensure adequate lighting.
Mushrooms and most Large polyp stony corals are low light critters. You might be able to get away with using NO bulbs. If you find a reference or link to NO bulbs for marine aquaria actinic etc. Send it to me and I will look it over for you and tell you what I can
Jim
I never made it to the spelling bee finals :-( | |
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02-24-2005, 12:23 PM
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| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
Posts: 999
  | Re: black lights
I have NO on my tank. My bulbs are made by Hagen. I have 2 Power-Glo (daylight 30W 10 000K at 36" long) and 2 Marine-Glo (actinic 30Wat 36" long). I have polyps, fnger leather, and a sebae anemone that are all doing just fine... There good for FO only setups in my opinion though.
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20Gal, 45 lbs LR, 65W PC 10 000K + 65W PC 20 000K + 10Gal sump/fuge
Livestock :hermit and snails, Green star polyps, Button polyps, Finger leather, Xenia, Zoanthids, Mushrooms, Yellow polyps, montipora digitata, acropora, ?mistery polyps?, mistery crab, six line wrasse | |
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02-24-2005, 12:30 PM
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#8 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
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| Re: black lights
NO?
im new to the lighting lingo | |
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02-24-2005, 12:32 PM
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#9 (permalink)
| | Fire Worm
Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: west bend, WI,Wisconsin
Posts: 157
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| Re: black lights
never mind i figued it out no=normal output. my local pet shop has 48 inch 40 watt coralife 50/50 and 48 inch 40 watt actinic 03 by coralife
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02-24-2005, 12:34 PM
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#10 (permalink)
| | Stylophora
Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Montreal, QC,Quebec Age: 29
Posts: 999
| Re: black lights
You can check out the acronyms page
It will give you a hand on understanding all the weird ligo you will see on this forum.
Marc. | |
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