are T5 HO's cancer causing radiation like the sun?

[supernareg]

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]

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]

Originally Posted by supernareg

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]

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