To sterlize?

[MightyMike]

I was speaking with an employee at New World and the guy told me that I might not need a UV sterilizer, is this possible?

 

[marrone]

Most people don't run UV on reef tanks as they kill good things in the water column. Some people do use them but you can have a successful Reef tank without.

Michael

 

[House of Laughter]

depends on what application you want - some/most people who go fish only use UV sterilizers - UV's on full blowm reefs takes out some of the beneficial stuff for the success of the reef.

I used on for awhile, took it off and sold it 6 months later when my mandarin died cause the UV killed all my pods (primary food of the mandarin)

House

 

[jhale]

a UV will kill everything on the water column, good and bad.

I've seen some reefers use them, but I don't think it's good for the tank.

 

[alrha]

The UV will kill everything in the water column but does not remove them. You may prefer to opt for a Diatom Filter (such as the Vortex) to polish your water. You can run it on occassion to remove everything larger than 1 micron from your tank, and when you clean out the filter, all that "stuff" is removed from the system. only running it from time to time will allow micro-organisms to re-populate between uses.