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supernareg 04/26/2012 03:10 PM

are T5 HO's cancer causing radiation like the sun?
 
my new light fixture sits about 7" above my tank for now, until i can hang it lower. its right next to a dinner table, and half of the dinner table gets lit up. so if you're sitting in that half, you have that light hitting you.

So i was wondering, is it like a tanning bed? or is there no radiation in these bulbs?

thanks

Lurking 04/26/2012 03:58 PM

For aquarium application the T5HO lamps we use dont typically emit any uv a b or c. A little c may get out but is absorbed by the phospers in the lamps. So no worries. Reptile T5 lamps however do.

solitude127 04/26/2012 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by supernareg (Post 20184074)
my new light fixture sits about 7" above my tank for now, until i can hang it lower. its right next to a dinner table, and half of the dinner table gets lit up. so if you're sitting in that half, you have that light hitting you.

So i was wondering, is it like a tanning bed? or is there no radiation in these bulbs?

thanks

Are you trying to grow frags on your dinner table? :)

supernareg 04/26/2012 08:30 PM

lol, no frags on the dinner table, but i do have some for sale!!!!


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