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	Fishes and UVB light
lfelipebodeba Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 14 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Apr-2005	I have fishes (jewel cichlids) and turtles togheter in the same tank (90g). I have to use those repitle lights that outputs uvb rays for vitamin d3 absortion. I use Zoo Med´s Reptinsun uvb 5.0 to be more precise. Is this, somehow, bad to my fishes ??
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	It's not good for them, you can burn the fishies eyes with high amounts of UV rays. A reptigo 5.0 isn't all that intense, you should be fine.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
Callatya Moderator The girl's got crabs! Posts: 9662 Kudos: 5261 Registered: 16-Sep-2001	Are you sure Timmy? Its something that i've been toying with with the Crowntail bettas. The Thai's recommend putting them out in the sun to keep the rays straight, and i was hoping to replicate something similar by using. I was going to be using the reptile D3 tubes, now, i'm not so sure...? Last edited by Callatya at 03-May-2005 09:24 For animals, the entire universe has been neatly divided into things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. - Terry Pratchett
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
Fallout Moderator Communications Specialist Posts: 6416 Kudos: 4053 Votes: 742 Registered: 29-Jul-2000	Fish Getting UV-B Sunburns fish getting UV-B sunburns underwater Fish in the seas around Britain are suffering sunburn and blisters caused by the thinning ozone layer, symptoms of a drastic change in environment that threatens to wipe out species once common to our shores. The ozone layer shields the earth from harmful rays that can cause skin cancers and cataracts. Studies show that the ultraviolet rays, normally filtered out in the upper atmosphere, are harming Dover sole, cod and shellfish, including mussels and oysters. Just think, you have no ozone layer between your light and your fish.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52
lfelipebodeba Small Fry Posts: 11 Kudos: 14 Votes: 0 Registered: 26-Apr-2005	Yes, u don´t have any layer or shield, but i think that the amount of uvb emmited by those tubes wouldn´t harm fishes. Agree???
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:52


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