Anuratana Tejavej
Nick Zarlinga wrote:
> Try using a bulb which has a cooler light spectrum. Many bulbs sold on the
> market as aquarium bulbs and even cool white bulbs have a light spectrum
> slanted to the red and yellows. If you have a fish which shows off nice
> blue/green coloration, it is reflecting those colors to your eyes. Using a
> lower kelvin bulb (or a warmer bulb) will drown out those colors. Many
> bulbs have a light spectrum on the packaging. See if there is a light peak
> in the blue part of the spectrum. Another suggestion would be to use a full
> spectrum bulb but if you want specific colors to glow, then use a bulb which
> is heavy in those colors. Finally, make sure that the light is on the front
> part of the tank and not the back part. If the light is shining from back
> to front, the fish is in a shadow to your eyes when looking from the front.
> By putting the bulb in the front of the tank, it is shining on the front of
> the fish towards the back and the shadow is towards the back of the tank.
>
> Nick Zarlinga
> Aquarium Biologist
> Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
> 216.661.6500 ext 4485
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-nanfa_at_aquaria.net On Behalf
> Of anutej_at_loxinfo.co.th
> Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 4:51 AM
> To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
> Subject: more NANFA-- Need lighting suggestion for fishes like red
> shiner or danios
>
> I mean the blue color on my red shiner pale when look from the front of the
> glass but
> brighten when look at from some angle.
>
> Anuratana Tejavej
>
> anutej_at_loxinfo.co.th wrote:
>
> > For some fishes like red shiner and many danios they look bright and
> colorful they
> > look bright green/blue in nets, hands, and in streams but pale in tanks.
> The blue
> > or green color wash out in the aquarium but the strong blue/green is still
> there
> > since the blue/green glow in shade, when they are hit by sunlight, and
> whenever
> > the fish is netted out of the tank. Please give me the proper way to
> install
> > light so that the blue/green coloration would show up well in bright tank.
> >
> > Anuratana Tejavej
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