Aqua UV is one of the top brands, I believe Emperor Aquatics is the name of the other one. New my unit is a bit over $800, I got lucky and found someone selling it used for $35.
But yes you are correct. There are different levels of sterilization, what level you achieve depends on contact time and a couple other things. I don't know many of the details, just that most used are not nearly long enough contact to kill anything other than algae.
My unit is large enough that I can turn over a good amount of water through it and still achieve killing some of the more simple pathogens, though it won't get everything. That is what the ozone is for
But yes you are correct. There are different levels of sterilization, what level you achieve depends on contact time and a couple other things. I don't know many of the details, just that most used are not nearly long enough contact to kill anything other than algae.
My unit is large enough that I can turn over a good amount of water through it and still achieve killing some of the more simple pathogens, though it won't get everything. That is what the ozone is for