General Care Discussion :: Looking into the UVB light

[gloveman]

my water has cycled.....i have the temps under control....and i bought a zoo med 5.0 uvb....now my qestion is is it bad to look into this light it hurts my eyes.....

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[missibsu]

You shouldn't look into the light. Yes, it can hurt your eyes. That is also why they tell you to put it about 6 or so inches from the basking area, because it can hurt your turts eyes too!

[gloveman]

the problem is the bulb come farther out than the hood....and i can't look at it from like five feet away...

[gloveman]

and yes its the same tank......i bought a 2inch res if that.....so now i have more than 10gal per inch...with my tank being at 26 gallons

[RESCHIU]

what I did is whenever I use UVB light, I put this cardboard beside it(kinda like a presentation display board) beside it, so it doesn't bother my eye. Of course I don't put it so close to the light in case that it may burn the cardboard