balagan;92417 wrote: I believe the speaker that gave the talk about coral colors and lighting said black light is bad...gives off too much UV?
Dakota9;92432 wrote: I don't remember the speaker saying black lights were bad, and dont think they give off anymore uv than other light bulbs, but I tried it and didn't like the effect it gave. The biggest difference it made was it gave all the red coraline an unatural red hue that I found to be unattractive. I'm using a plain blue bulb right now, which actually looks kind of white light in the tank.