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Firstly I want to say that no, I do not use them for my scorpions.
But I would like to know HOW are they dangerous? Please dont give me the same old "they could harm your scorps..........." more details please haha. All anyone seems to know is that they are possibly harmful to the exoskeleton, and what I gather, (could be wrong), is that too much is like us being exposed to too much sun, so it sort of "sunburns" the scorps. But does anyone really know why they are bad? How it actually damages the scorpion? And just how fatal it really is?
Black lights produce a lot of heat, I know this all too well because one of the bars I go to to see Oi and Punk Rock shows has blacklights instead of regular lights...neat effect but damn it gets hot in there, (course 50 people singing and moshing doesnt help either lol). So I was thinking maybe its not the actual light thats killing the scorps, maybe its drying them out by getting rid of all the humidity in the air? Maybe some test should be done. I say at some point there should be an experiment done with several species, 3 of whatever is used, 1 thats exposed to no black lighting, 1 thats exposed every night for X hours, then one thats exposed all night/all day. Should provide a clearer answer than "its bad". :wall:
But I would like to know HOW are they dangerous? Please dont give me the same old "they could harm your scorps..........." more details please haha. All anyone seems to know is that they are possibly harmful to the exoskeleton, and what I gather, (could be wrong), is that too much is like us being exposed to too much sun, so it sort of "sunburns" the scorps. But does anyone really know why they are bad? How it actually damages the scorpion? And just how fatal it really is?
Black lights produce a lot of heat, I know this all too well because one of the bars I go to to see Oi and Punk Rock shows has blacklights instead of regular lights...neat effect but damn it gets hot in there, (course 50 people singing and moshing doesnt help either lol). So I was thinking maybe its not the actual light thats killing the scorps, maybe its drying them out by getting rid of all the humidity in the air? Maybe some test should be done. I say at some point there should be an experiment done with several species, 3 of whatever is used, 1 thats exposed to no black lighting, 1 thats exposed every night for X hours, then one thats exposed all night/all day. Should provide a clearer answer than "its bad". :wall: