Uv light??

[bmc310]

Hi guys I don't really know much about Uv sterilizers I was just wondering what brand and size do I need for a 120g tank and 75g refugium. Thanks in advance.

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[SchnitzelReef]

I'm running the Aqua UV 57w sterilizer on my 180g tank. Works great. I blame my uv sterilizer for my 7 tangs staying ich free.


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[R33FERnatic]

You should be fine with a 25w. I like Aqua UV because they are easy to clean and durable. Hope that helps.

 

[El Dude]

A UV sterilizer is kind of like a band-aid. It hides and doesn't truly address the real problem. Since it only works on free-floating organisms that are drawn in, it inevitably does not catch all pathogens. If you exercise proper quarantine procedures and set your tank up properly, you will not need a UV sterilizer. The real problem is lack of proper quarantine and husbandry procedures.

Example: In 12+ years I have never used a UV sterilizer nor had a Cryptocaryonosis break out. Why? I quarantine and exercise prophylactic countermeasures. YES, I have purchased fish that carried Cryotocaryon irritans (marine ich) however I treated it during quarantine and never imported it into my system.

One last concern is a UV sterilizer will kill or "sterilize" any phyto-/zooplankton you add to, or grow in your system. Something to think about...

What ever you decide is up to you, there are no bad choices, what ever works for you is best!

 

[lurking]

Uv sterilizers do not kill ich.

 

[El Dude]

^Thank You!

 

[cdc84]

Uv sterilizers do not kill ich.

Hmm, I thought they did if you have the correct flow flow going through them. I turned my 3ft one off as it was heating my water to much.