UV Light

Hi'All bro/sis
has any one try uv light on shrimp tank?

UV light? or u mean pink fl lights?

Hi' bluescorpion93
uv light is to kill bacteria
i mean that the tank is bacteria free.

I'm using one. Mainly to get rid of green water. No problems.

But mine's a cheaper, lousy one. So it took a while before I saw the difference for my green water problem. It hasn't completely gone away, neither.

Originally Posted by ddt20003

Hi' bluescorpion93
uv light is to kill bacteria
i mean that the tank is bacteria free.

hmm. i know UV light is to kill bacteria.. but will it be too strong for shrimps? ..haha.. it's usually use for marine

I saw is setup at one of the LFS and the ower tell me about this
if i put a uv light to kill bacteria in the shrimp tank will the shrimp die ?
cos thinking of geting one

Shrimps won't die. They won't even get in contact with the UV light (in theory).

By useing uv light mean that the tank is bacteria free
and i no need to add bacteria

[zeloc87]

will the UVC kill off the beneficial bacteria too then?

BB is not in the water. It "lives" on the surfaces of the things in your tank, like in the filter, in the gravel, etc. (AFAIK)

So don't worry about the BB. I think most of the BB in my tank is in the tube from the powerhead to the OHF.