Mounting uv sterilizer

Luis1992 · Feb 18, 2020

I got a new 25 watt uv sterilizer and I’m wondering what’s a cheap easy way to mount it over my sump

nly04 · Feb 18, 2020

I have similar issue and still have not mount it yet.

phatduckk · Feb 18, 2020

Ya im thinking about buying one and the biggest holdup is trying to figure out where I'd mount it. I might end up mounting it to the wall. I could probably fit it somewhere over the sump but it would just get intolerably crowded in there.

Scorpius · Feb 18, 2020

I have mine laying on the ground next to my sump. Easy to get at and remove means I'm more likely to do routine maintenance on it.

Fish4udog · Feb 18, 2020

Hope this helps I used 2 pieces of wood 2 metal clamps and flexible foam sheet to cut 2 strips to fit around uv to protect from clamps around $5 to make and it doesn't move sits behind my tank

Fish4udog · Feb 18, 2020

Fish4udog said:
Hope this helps I used 2 pieces of wood 2 metal clamps and flexible foam sheet to cut 2 strips to fit around uv to protect from clamps around $5 to make and it doesn't move sits behind my tank

Drilled holes in both clamps used wood screws to attach clamps to the board

Jon Fishman · Feb 18, 2020

Scorpius said:
I have mine laying on the ground next to my sump. Easy to get at and remove means I'm more likely to do routine maintenance on it.

I have 4 of them and they are just sitting in a pile next to the sump. Not sure why you would want it mounted over the sump to impede access

Luis1992 · Feb 18, 2020

Do the water outlets need to be facing up?

Jon Fishman · Feb 18, 2020

Luis1992 said:
Do the water outlets need to be facing up?

I thought so. Or at least it’s preferable maybe?

I know horizontal is “the way” but my rational thinking for the life of me can’t figure out why vertical would be bad...... Flow in at the bottom, out through the top. It ensures long dwell-time, and ensures the entire sleeve is submerged at all times.

Why would vertical not be the way to go? I watched a local shop set up a new one right out of the box on their frag tank, because they had some algae, and he set it behind the tank vertically