glow in the dark shads

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#1 Post by **dtmcc** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 8:06 pm

bought a packet of these so-called glow in the dark last july, when I went last saturday night to use them,
couldn't find them.
why??

coz they no longer glow. justed truned a pale shade of pink....

any body else have this sort of thing happen with jelly worms/ shades/ eels :cry:

Adrian · #2 Post by **Adrian** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:56 am

Might be because they were kept in the dark since you got them, put them somewhere that they can absorb some light for a day or so and they may glow in the dark again.

#3 Post by **Conor H** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 1:06 pm

yip, probably just need a charge of light. half an hour under a lamp should do the trick, or leave them sitting out the day before you go fishing (if you are lucky to know that far in advance !!)

#4 Post by **dtmcc** » Wed Aug 25, 2004 11:07 pm

yip, being do, still they do not glow.

they are just that funny colour of pink, maybe I should not have keep them with the red tails????

ah, hang on a min!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the glow in the dark squid still glow and they have been in the same box as the other ones for about two years:

still can't fig the colour change.
I have heard of some eels / jelly worms rot, fall apart if stored in day light

don't know....................................

Dave

#5 Post by **Conor H** » Thu Aug 26, 2004 1:01 pm

some plastics do not react well to being in contact with other plastics. They tend to go to jelly, or the colour runs. I found this out the hard way (over 1000 black firetails with balck and pink tails , where the black ran into the pink).
Also, some plastics don't react well when they come into contact with paper - sounds stoopid, bit is true, makes them go gooey too.

Best to keep them in the bag they came in .