UV steriliser...

[bubble_gum]

hi i just wana know the refers opinion on uv steriliser. some safe very effective and some say its a waste of money....

please let me know ur views on this as i m thinking of getting one for my 3footer

[seareefer]

Use to have one.Sold it but now i am regretting it.

My entire fishes just came down with serious ICH spreading .

Very very very bad .

[scarab]

Use it. It works (at least for me)

Also help in controlling algae bloom

[bubble_gum]

any recomendation for the use on tanks ard 40 to 50 gal?? any brands or specific models?

[weileong]

coralife turbo twist.

This extends the contact him compared to other brand/design.

I am using the 36W one in my 4ft, no more ich

Newly added salifin tang (added 4 weeks ago) also no ich visible till now.

no white spots visible also even after I rescape my tank last week till now.

[Clownfish Lover]

Wah sounds good. Thought of getting 1.

[weileong]

Like to clarify, this is what I observed in my tank. Does not meant the UV sterilizer is the answer to ich. You buy already if not success don't come flame me

[bubble_gum]

Like to clarify, this is what I observed in my tank. Does not meant the UV sterilizer is the answer to ich. You buy already if not success don't come flame me

yup.... the uv only kills a certain life cycle stage of that parasite..

[bwilly]

free floating parasite only.. those hiding behind LRs..

"na na boo boo.. u can't get me.."

[XPeriment 626]

Sorry to reply to this thread after so long but I just got a coralife turbo twister and i have to agree that it appears that the white spots on my purple tang also begin disappearing after a few days. I guess those that were free floating were killed, and those that hatch from the fish and become free floating also later kena zap, so no new ich attacks and the white spots decrease.

Have to say despite the debate among people, I am now very pro-UV. Unless you need to have plankton in your reef tanks then maybe not so good idea. Mine is a FOWLR tank so it is very very useful.

[ah^siao]

other brand UV. i not so sure..but coralife UV is defintely worth getting if u need 1 UV

[XPeriment 626]

True, esp the 12x twister which really ensures long exposure to the 36W UV light. But cost is quite high, heard many people complain about that. However, it's still a lot cheaper than ozone i think

[patrick123]

To me, UV is a must.

I also use a coralife 36w for my 6ft tank, and a 75w UV for my koi pond too.

[ashidiq]

looks like i should go and get one too ... but does it has some side effects on corals ?

[XPeriment 626]

not that i've heard, but it does kill plankton so be aware if your corals need that.

[shoelevy]

so yr saying during feeding of coral with coral food i should switch it off?

[mUAr_cHEe]

so any SPS reefers using the UV thingie???

[AlfaRomeo]

Not exctaly SPS reefer but I have a few SPS colonies in my tank and using the 12x Turbotwist. No problems so far with the usage and Fishes are healthier now than 2 months before...

[XPeriment 626]

Agree with Blenny that I think if you don't have many fishes you wouldn't really be concerned too much with UV. Still, good to have an experienced reefer give some advice on this.

I suppose if you drop the coral food right into the coral it should be fine, but you won't have much other plankton life swimming around.

[ashidiq]

i think those with reef tank should maybe open the uv for 2 hours a day maybe on alternate days...

2 hours will be allow the uv to scan thru all the water in the tank... anyway uv light kills everything that is alive that enters regardless of beneficial or parasites

[Gouldian]

For me I on my UV 10hrs a day. Seem to work well for my mix reef.

[AlfaRomeo]

I have been running the 12x 24/7 since the beginning of the tank. No problems with it running so far...

[alanseah]

for me I never on my UV and I never have any problem at all...

except the one and only ich out break when I'm upgrading to a new tank..

[wilfran]

Hi

I also have white spot on tang and other fish.but after having install a Weipro UV

.Every Fish is better now.don't know bout other but it work for my tank.

[ashidiq]

yah i also saving for a corallife uv cause it has show good results amount the reefers here