can i was my zilla uv light for my fish thank

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Jack Dempsey
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i was wondering if i can use my zilla desert 50 light for my fish tank would it harm anything
 
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Most glass will block 100% of UVB. If you have a glass canopy it would stop the UVB. Other wise it probably wouldn't hurt the average fish setup. UVB will only penetrate a few inches into water depending on the strength in uW(microwatts). As long as you bulb produces less than 150 uW at like 6", can't imagine how/why it would hurt anything.
I've had reptiglow 8.0s on a turtle tank and the feed fish were fine.
 
DustyBZoo;4419586; said:
Most glass will block 100% of UVB. If you have a glass canopy it would stop the UVB. Other wise it probably wouldn't hurt the average fish setup. UVB will only penetrate a few inches into water depending on the strength in uW(microwatts). As long as you bulb produces less than 150 uW at like 6", can't imagine how/why it would hurt anything.
I've had reptiglow 8.0s on a turtle tank and the feed fish were fine.

thank u very much:)
 
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