UV Sterilizer

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
that or so i dont have to get a new filter is there a type of liquid clearing product that will clear the water with a few drops?
Click to expand...

Is your water green cloudy or whitish/grey cloudy?
How old is your tank?
 
WyldFya;4353146; said:
FX5 plus UV = waste of uv. UV's need slow flow, very slow, and most canisters are too high of a flow rate. I'd personally run them on an independent pump. I wouldn't run one on a planted tank though.
Click to expand...

so your thinking dont run a UV on a planted tank... jsut stick with my main chemical Aqua safe... (Dechlorinator)
 
What you talkin'bout jcardona?! Don't hold out on the guy! That little $40 jobbie from Petsmart worked like a champ on your old planted tank...I think he should try that before buying an FX5 or messing with inline sterilizers. I bought one on your recommendation a year or so ago & I still use it to "sterilize" the snail-breeding pit every few months.
 
JakeH;4353974; said:
What you talkin'bout jcardona?! Don't hold out on the guy! That little $40 jobbie from Petsmart worked like a champ on your old planted tank...I think he should try that before buying an FX5 or messing with inline sterilizers. I bought one on your recommendation a year or so ago & I still use it to "sterilize" the snail-breeding pit every few months.
Click to expand...

fill me in here jake... with your steralizer
 
With continued research, sterilisers are showing more premise than just cellular disruption. There chemically beneficial tuning tools regarding oxidisation reduction potentials for the committed.
 
WyldFya;4353146; said:
FX5 plus UV = waste of uv. UV's need slow flow, very slow, and most canisters are too high of a flow rate. I'd personally run them on an independent pump. I wouldn't run one on a planted tank though.
Click to expand...

Why? Personal pref. or does it mess something up?
 
I've had picky aquarists comment on the excellent clarity of my water. No UV here, just decent mechanical and biological with good (well, sufficient. It's ghetto, really.) lighting to encourage plant and algae growth. And I feed lightly so there's less to filter. Never had a cloudy tank unless it was a random quarantine tank or meds were involved.
 
JakeH;4353974;4353974 said:
What you talkin'bout jcardona?! Don't hold out on the guy! That little $40 jobbie from Petsmart worked like a champ on your old planted tank...I think he should try that before buying an FX5 or messing with inline sterilizers. I bought one on your recommendation a year or so ago & I still use it to "sterilize" the snail-breeding pit every few months.
Click to expand...
haha yeah thats a great little UV sterilizer. but i only used it go clear my green water bloom. i wouldnt recommend that one to run it permanently, since its so big and ugly, just a quick fix :)
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
MonsterFishKeepers.com
Top Bottom