Sunday, August 5, 2007

Do I need aquarium lighting for my pet fish?

To some people aquarium lighting for a pet fish seems a bit like adding a neon sign to a lemonade stand. It seems like overkill and wasted money. Yet is there a real reason to use aquarium lighting? Is it important to keep my fish healthy and under ethically fair conditions?
The fact is that there are a lot of reasons that almost every serious fish-owner thinks about tank lighting. Of course there is the aesthetic element. It makes the fish look good.
You simply cannot see the beauty of many fish in the dark. Their color is only revealed when light bounces off their reflective scales. If you're going to pay good money for a nice fish and a healthy large aquarium then you want to make sure that you can see it!
Aquarium lighting is what takes "just a fish" and View the rest of this article


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