anyone experianced UV leak into the tank

[abcha0s]

I have the same light over some cheato in the sump.

I was also concerned about UV so I did some research. Apparently, coral life bakes the UV protection right into their bulbs. Apparently, if you change bulbs to a different manufacturer, that's when you can really run into problems.

However, I stuck a frag under the light and it did not do well at all. It appeared to be burning. The mother colony was under a 250 watt HQI, so it shouldn't have been a problem with light intensity.

I dont believe the Coral Life bulbs say UV shielded on the box? If they were shielded, wouldn't they put that info on the box?

Coral Life won't directly acknowledge the problem, but personally I think the fixtures leak UV. Kind of upsets me when I buy junk.

Anyone else?

- Brad

[Myka]

I've seen a tank get cooked by failing to put UV shield with DE bulb. Bleached the corals, and killed them.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Myka

I've seen a tank get cooked by failing to put UV shield with DE bulb. Bleached the corals, and killed them.

+1 but what I seen wasn't realy bleached.. was more like blisters that popped with threads comming out than they expanded leaving no flesh

Steve