What type of lighting LEAST promotes growth of plants/algae, etc

[dxkj]

?

 

[Brutuskend]

Black light?

 

[BillGates]

negative light

 

[compnovice]

Green light...

 

[jagec]

Oh, at first I thought it said "lightning." I was

Basically the opposite of this

 

[everman]

I think for your purposes you will need some very bright lights.

 

[BoomerD]

What are you attempting to light? Plants/algae needs a certain spectrum (as posted above) to grow and photosynthisize...

 

[yhelothar]

Originally posted by: compnovice
Green light...

bingo

 

[Whoozyerdaddy]

NO light

 

[eits]

nightlight

 

[dxkj]

Green light? Ah because plants reflect green.

What about black lights that they use to kill stuff in purifiers?

 

[Rubycon]

Black lights are different than germicidal bulbs.

What are you looking to do?

 

[JinLien]

UV, X-ray

 

[ubercaffeinated]

UV lamps or just straight up lasers. Dahahaha.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn
Black lights are different than germicidal bulbs.

What are you looking to do?

I have an auto-watering system for my rats, I went with the clear tubes so I can see when/if algae builds up. It takes a few weeks for any noticeable amount to build up, but I was hoping to use different lights to slow the growth (incandescent, vs fluorescent, etc)

But then I was also wondering if leaving a UV light or something on for the time that normal lights arent on would help kill or at least inhibit growth more than no light?

 

[ubercaffeinated]

yea that would do the job perfect. just don't have it shine on your rats.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: makoto00
yea that would do the job perfect. just don't have it shine on your rats.

UV is bad for animals? Or will my rats turn into ravers and start popping X?

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

What about IR? I wonder if plants get affected by IR... X-rays would probably kill it.

 

[ubercaffeinated]

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: makoto00
yea that would do the job perfect. just don't have it shine on your rats.

UV is bad for animals? Or will my rats turn into ravers and start popping X?

Prolonged exposure will destroy your animals' tissues. Unless you want to give them sunblock

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: makoto00

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: makoto00
yea that would do the job perfect. just don't have it shine on your rats.

UV is bad for animals? Or will my rats turn into ravers and start popping X?

Prolonged exposure will destroy your animals' tissues. Unless you want to give them sunblock

They are almost entirely covered in fur....

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: makoto00

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: makoto00
yea that would do the job perfect. just don't have it shine on your rats.

UV is bad for animals? Or will my rats turn into ravers and start popping X?

Prolonged exposure will destroy your animals' tissues. Unless you want to give them sunblock

They are almost entirely covered in fur....

It's still not a good idea.

 

[dxkj]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: makoto00

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: makoto00
yea that would do the job perfect. just don't have it shine on your rats.

UV is bad for animals? Or will my rats turn into ravers and start popping X?

Prolonged exposure will destroy your animals' tissues. Unless you want to give them sunblock

They are almost entirely covered in fur....

It's still not a good idea.

Yeah I gathered So Im guessing black lights are bad for humans in large doses as well?

 

[ubercaffeinated]

they might be covered in fur, but their eyes, and parts of their ears aren't. almost all soft tissue will get fubared over time with exposure to uv.

 

[BigJ]

Originally posted by: jagec

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: makoto00

Originally posted by: dxkj

Originally posted by: makoto00
yea that would do the job perfect. just don't have it shine on your rats.

UV is bad for animals? Or will my rats turn into ravers and start popping X?

Prolonged exposure will destroy your animals' tissues. Unless you want to give them sunblock

They are almost entirely covered in fur....

It's still not a good idea.

We covered this in a science class of mine. Exposure to excess UV rays can result in a myriad of problems. Stunted growth, abnormal offspring, disrupted mating cycles, etc. It really does a number on animals.

 

[Rubycon]

Use dark colored tubing. Check out the green Eheim stuff. It's also a serious tool to get someone to talk if they're being stubborn. :laugh: