A UV unit in line will not reduce the bacterial population present in the aquarium! The decaying biomass will provide the nutrients for other bacterial growth. Live bacteria are not skimmed but some may be carried out on the foam. This process is known to be selective as some strains are carried out easily, others are not, giving the change to a selective bunch to evolve and adapt while competitors are removed. A by most users underestimated but important issue on the negative side of using a skimmer. Using UV cleaned water in a refuge containing the skimmer will avoid this. Also when eaten by other organisms most of there guts will be spilled back into the water while passing through the food chain and by the end user. When UV sterilized water is entered into the aquarium it will be colonised again in no time. Increasing the population by carbon dosing does increase the bacterial evolution issue, the selective cultivation of strains of bacteria.My main reason to not use a UV is that I did not want to kill the bacteria that are present in the water. I choose to increase them with organic carbon dosing, and I'd prefer those that are suspended in the water to be skimmed out or eaten whole by various organisms, rather than break apart after passing through a UV, spilling their guts back into the water.