uv sterilizers
- Thread starter dubs
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- Location
- Franklin Lakes, NJ
I keep one around and use it for emergency QT.
On an industrial level, the use of UV on purified water systems is being phased out.
Microbial counts after the UV sterilizer are lower but further downstream microbial count goes right back up to pre "UV" levels. It appears the "bugs" regenerate just as quickly as the UV can destroy them. The company I'm at now who is one of the big boys in "Big Pharma" has determined UV sterilization is a waste of money and is globally phasing them out.
I won't be buying one for my aquarium any time soon.
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Microbial counts after the UV sterilizer are lower but further downstream microbial count goes right back up to pre "UV" levels. It appears the "bugs" regenerate just as quickly as the UV can destroy them. The company I'm at now who is one of the big boys in "Big Pharma" has determined UV sterilization is a waste of money and is globally phasing them out.
I won't be buying one for my aquarium any time soon.
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- Location
- Franklin Lakes, NJ
- Location
- poughquag, ny
getting a qualty UV is first. having the right flow is as important, higher flow for bacteria and low flow for parasite, aqua uv is the only compny out there that can actually answer questions about their product and make proper reccomendations and size, type and flow
- Location
- poughquag, ny
these are a piece of equiptment you wont really notice a difference depending on what your looking for it to do. but do make a difference
I agree.
It's a great preventive measure for around $100 how can you miss.
I think Emporer Aquatics has a usefull site.
Another factor that most people miss is the less clear the water the longer it takes to really kickin when you start.
which is why it should always be on
- Location
- Brooklyn, NY
I got one because Ive always been told they battle nuisance algae, and I have seen a great decrease in since I've installed it about two weeks ago.
I dont have any complaints about it so far, but then again I'm obviously a newb. :bablefish
I dont have any complaints about it so far, but then again I'm obviously a newb. :bablefish
what size uv do you have for what size tank
- Location
- Huntington
Emperor Aquatics is the only company I have ever worked with that has all the answers. They were given to me by a friend in the business that builds public aquarium sized tanks and they have never steered me wrong. If you call them give them the system size and what you are looking to do they will give you the U.V. necessary along with a flow rate down to the the single gph you will need to achieve the proper zap dosage. The problem with most commercially available U.V.s in the hobby is that they are too small to really kill anything. You need them to destroy regeneration enzymes in the cells and most can't do that with a single pass through, allowing the parasites and whatever else came in contact to heal and keep going. Flow rate and wattage are the 2 most important aspects when considering a U.V. Emperor is on the pricey side but isn't anything in this hobby that you do the right way?
Wes, a small closed system isn't the same as a large open system that is only going to come in contact with the U.V. once.
just for fun
this U.V. is part of a poured concrete sump for a 20,000 gallon fish only.
Wes, a small closed system isn't the same as a large open system that is only going to come in contact with the U.V. once.
just for fun
this U.V. is part of a poured concrete sump for a 20,000 gallon fish only.
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