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ARe they really bad? I have a black light on my leo's tank so its warm at night and i can see her walking around. In a recent post, it said black lights are bad. Why? This sucks, all the other lights are like 6 bucks for a frieking bulb. ANyone tell me why there bad? thanx
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Paullywog
If it has scales or smooth wet skin... snatch it!!!
go do to that post because it said why they are bad.
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Posted by: scrufdog at Wed Oct 20 12:06:55 2004 [ Report Abuse ] [ Email Message ]
because of the coating on black lights they filter out most visible light and emit heavy amounts of infrared and UV-A light. Infrared light is not a problem for leos, since they cant see it. However UV-A light isnt good for leos, as it can hurt their eyes, almost like a sunburn. The reason a black lights UV-A is harmful is because it is undiluted. A common type of example woulf be using water. Lets pretend boiling water is UV-A, and ice water is the rest of the light spectrum. Mix them both and you have warm water, which wont burn your hands, but 'filter out' the ice water and your hands get burned by the boiling water.
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Scrufdog
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WOW! Back when I was wondering the same thing I emailed Ron Tremper and asked him and he told me they were fine. That's a shock.
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Katie
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When you say black light do you mean the party type that makes your white cloths glow or the night time reptile bulbs? I use the night time reptile bulbs for my leos.There is no way I can go without extra night heat this time of year. What about about moon bulbs,are they ok??
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I get them at the dollar store. THey are not the brightest black lights, thats for sure. I guess ill switch to red light.
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Paullywog
If it has scales or smooth wet skin... snatch it!!!
Do you have an uth? Our leos are fine without any heat from lights, just the uth.
I know my tank wouldn't stay warm enough in the winter when it's like 65 in my house, so i use a red bulb and a uth.
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