Mollusk with coated shell
Embodiments of the present invention relate to mollusk with fluorescent coatings. Also disclosed are aquarium kits comprising a tank, mollusk and an excitation light source.
1. An aquarium kit comprising:
a tank and
a shell comprising a coating configured to fluoresce.
2. The aquarium kit of claim 1 wherein,
the relative brightness of the coating is determined by a difference in an intensity of the fluorescent light from the coating and an intensity of the excitation light and the coating and an excitation light source are configured to a specific range to produce at least 75 percent of the maximum relative brightness of the coating.
3. The aquarium kit of claim 2 , wherein the specific range includes 450 nm to 495 nm.
4. The aquarium kit of claim 2 , wherein the specific range includes 495 nm to 570 nm.
5. The aquarium kit of claim 2 , wherein the specific range includes 570 nm to 590 nm.
6. The aquarium kit of claim 2 , wherein the specific range includes 590 nm to 620 nm.
7. The aquarium kit of claim 2 , wherein the specific range includes 620 nm to 750 nm.
8. The aquarium kit of claim 2 , wherein the midpoint of the specific range is approximately 460 nm.
9. The aquarium kit of claim 2 , wherein the coating is a paint.
10. The aquarium kit of claim 2 , wherein the specific range includes 380 nm to 450 nm.
11. The aquarium kit of claim 1 , further comprising an excitation light source, wherein said excitation light source is mountable on said tank and said excitation light source is configured to produce an excitation light at a first wavelength that causes the coating to fluoresce light upon exposure to said excitation light source.
12. The aquarium kit of claim 1 , wherein the shell is a shell from one of the families selected from a group consisting of Ampullariidae, Lymnaeidae, Physidae, Planorbidae, Thiaridae, Viviparidae and Neritidae.