UV Sterilizer.. A pro or a con? :/

[F1 VET]

That would make his fx5 less efficient, since he wants to run it inline with his canister....


Unless your buying new fish and always switching things around or you have a lot of algae growth I don't see this benefiting him.

Op, try more wc, more vac, or more mechanical filtration, way less money then a uv, and replacing the bulbs every 6-12 months can be costly.

How about 2 fx5 on your tank? Or ac110 for polishing with another foam brick or layers of filter sheets?

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[IndovinaVI]

well a little late for my input but I was gone on a trip for a week and came back to a tank of GREEN water algae bloom that was caused by a malfunction of my automatic feeder just DUMPING food in under my halide light. Only cure for me was a UV sterilizer since I had live plants. The root of the problem as mentioned previously was corrected as well but decided to keep it running in the tank for good, timed for a few hours a night. I installed it on the outlet of one of my rena canister filters and the bulbs happen to be the same size and wattage as ones purchased from beauty supply stores for manicurists -don't ask how I know this...

I recommend it, mount it on the stand, hook the power up to a timer and forget about it for 6 months.

Mike

 

[Squirtle919]

I think UV is great for whitespot ich etc but making the water clear I dont see it else like said you have free floating or green water. How ever I have found buying a pond filter with a decent UV and feeding this after the sump at a slow rate will make your water crystal clear.

I plan on adding pond filters to every sump just as a mech house/ UV.