New tank set up

Skfoley4 · Oct 10, 2023

Starting a new tank with aio system. Have never had a refugium and would like to put one in with copepods....I have a uv sterilizer and read they can kill copepods. Can anyone share suggestions on if I should have both and how to do that from the start?

Gumbies R Us · Oct 10, 2023

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SPS2020 · Oct 10, 2023

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SPS2020 · Oct 10, 2023

Skfoley4 said:
Starting a new tank with aio system. Have never had a refugium and would like to put one in with copepods....I have a uv sterilizer and read they can kill copepods. Can anyone share suggestions on if I should have both and how to do that from the start?

I have 57 watt UV and 40 watt UV sterilizers on two tanks and both have copepods. You shouldn't have an issue.

Skfoley4 · Oct 10, 2023

SPS2020 said:
I have 57 watt UV and 40 watt UV sterilizers on two tanks and both have copepods. You shouldn't have an issue.

Thank you

Pvtgloss · Oct 10, 2023

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twentyleagues · Oct 10, 2023

Welcome! Copepods are a higher life form and should be unaffected by a uv unit on the single pass through. If they were to try living in it that may be an issue, but they wont.

Jimbhoy13 · Oct 10, 2023

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Peace River · Oct 10, 2023

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steveschuerger · Oct 10, 2023

Welcome to the R2R community! I have an AIO myself, with a hob refugium on the back. I‘ve an added pods directly to the fuge in the past but these days mostly just put them directly in the display tank. UV shouldn’t kill the pods.

kevgib67 · Oct 10, 2023

Welcome, glad you are here!

BanZI29 · Oct 10, 2023

Welcome to our little piece of the reef.
a UV should not be an issue. As for the fuge, I also have an AIO and I used one of the chambers in the back with a rack for a fuge. it works well, just make sure you get a light for it. I opened a window on the pack glass and put a light there. Worked great.

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