The glofish color changing cycle light 5 gal includes white blue and black led lights to provide unique lighting effects for aquariums up to 5 gallons.
Black light for glofish tank.
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Blacklights and actinic lights both produce light from the bottom of the visible light spectrum the biv in roy g biv.
Glofish appear normal under white light but become fluorescent under blue light and black light.
Glofish cycle light easily convert an aquarium into a stunning home for your glofish fluorescent fish four light modes change between sunlight white and blue led lights on moonlight blue leds only midnight black leds only and twilight blue and black leds.
A black light is essentially a fluorescent bulb that produces light in the 370nm range.
Switch between 4 modes to enhance the colors of your aquarium.
However black lights are in the uv spectrum of light.
Sunlight moonlight blue leds only.
The higher end of this range 460nm produces a more blue color light while the color shifts to purple approaching the lower end 420nm.
The benefit is that uv light tends to cause some materials to fluoresce.
370nm is just barely within our range of visible light and is quite far into the violet spectrum producing uva rays which can potentially be harmful.
Glofish cycle light color changing strip includes blue black and white led lights to provide four unique illumination modes for your fish aquarium.
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Live glofish like tetras bettas sharks danios and barbs and other tropical fish are available in store at your nearest petsmart.
These include tetras barbs and zebra fish danios.
Though originally regarded with skepticism glofish have captured the hearts of many and have also captured roughly 10 of annual aquarium fish industry sales.
They can cause damage to the skin but this is unlikely less likely than sunlight still if you wanted to use them i would suggest having them on only when you want to see the fish glow.
The top 4 most popular glofish species.
Midnight black leds only and twilight blue and black leds.
Without a blacklight glofish simply look like mildly colorful danios and that s nothing special.
Any black light will do.
From glofish food to special white black and blue lights to find the look you want color booster to water conditioner with products designed specifically for them petsmart makes it easy to keep your colorful aquarium glowing.
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Most actinic lighting for aquariums has a wavelength of about 420 460nm.