Ultraviolet Stunner strips

akabryanhall · Mar 4, 2011

Well I feel an s-ton better about putting it in there, I'm going to be adding a couple more Actinic strips to brighten everything up and leave the uv in. Thanks guys!

CJO · Mar 4, 2011

The UV stunner strips don't put out a truly UV light, which is good. They put out 403nm light which is a deep violet.

You don't want to run true UV on your aquarium. If you do, the corals have to spend more energy to protect themselves from the UV rays and it has been recently proven that their protection is actually colorless.

CJ

akabryanhall · Mar 4, 2011

CJO said:
The UV stunner strips don't put out a truly UV light, which is good. They put out 403nm light which is a deep violet.

You don't want to run true UV on your aquarium. If you do, the corals have to spend more energy to protect themselves from the UV rays and it has been recently proven that their protection is actually colorless.

CJ

I imagine true uv would be hard on the fishes eyesight as well..

drainbamage · Mar 4, 2011

CJO said:
The UV stunner strips don't put out a truly UV light, which is good. They put out 403nm light which is a deep violet.

You don't want to run true UV on your aquarium. If you do, the corals have to spend more energy to protect themselves from the UV rays and it has been recently proven that their protection is actually colorless.

CJ

Hey CJ, can you link me to that study? Last I had heard the UV was known to promote color in the corals, but that info is rather outdated.

Also- to those saying UV blinds fish-how do fish deal with it in nature? Or are there sunglasses they wear on the reef and take off for photos? :tongue:

akabryanhall · Mar 5, 2011

I imagine that fish are quite a bit further down in nature, that or the fish sunglasses idea

drainbamage · Mar 5, 2011

akabryanhall said:
I imagine that fish are quite a bit further down in nature, that or the fish sunglasses idea

A lot of reefs are exposed at low-tide, so can't be too deep during high tide. I'm thinking sun-glasses or visors. Can someone photo-shop a Napolean wrasse with a cute little pink visor?

akabryanhall · Mar 6, 2011

On it!

akabryanhall · Mar 6, 2011

KLR · Mar 6, 2011

So if I added an uv led strip to my evolution led powered tank,would it help some corals with their color preservation?

akabryanhall · Mar 6, 2011

KLR said:
So if I added an uv led strip to my evolution led powered tank,would it help some corals with their color preservation?

I think thats what they are saying, not just preserving, but enhancing.

RonMidtownStomp · Mar 9, 2011

Yeah, we're talking ~405nm. I'm willing to bet it's for us more than the corals.

drainbamage · Mar 9, 2011

akabryanhall said:

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akabryanhall · Mar 9, 2011

Lol absolutely!! I could try to make it a little better for you, although you won't be able to tell if its avatar size

CJO · Mar 9, 2011

drainbamage said:
Hey CJ, can you link me to that study? Last I had heard the UV was known to promote color in the corals, but that info is rather outdated.

Also- to those saying UV blinds fish-how do fish deal with it in nature? Or are there sunglasses they wear on the reef and take off for photos? :tongue:

Sorry, missed this. I'm pretty sure that it was in a recent issue of Advanced Aquariast, but I'll try to track it down.

CJ

Jcr's Reef · Mar 9, 2011

I have also read that the stunner strips are not "true U.V."
I think anything above 400nm is not true UV if I remember correctly, but I read that a long time ago...

akabryanhall · Mar 9, 2011

I'm glad its not, now I have no problem with overloading my tank with them!

wakeboardgeek · Feb 14, 2013

Bryan, do you have an update on the UV LEDs? Did they bring more color out to your SPS? I'm trying to decide if I want to add more blue or if I should try the UV LED.