AquaUV 25watt - how about you? Sorry if I missed it.Which UV do you have?
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AquaUV 25watt - how about you? Sorry if I missed it.Which UV do you have?
Holy cow! Those didn't seem to be readily available in Canada here, but I read and heard good things about those (mostly from BRS TV). Went with the black version of AquaUV which I am hoping is more resilient to fading and such. I am just waiting on a gate valve from an online order before I can plumb mine. Hoping it clears up the water like they say it would! How do you like yours? Looks like you're having some success with algae reduction.Pentair aquatics smart UV 40w.
Mine is almost 4 feet long.
Cheers, thanks! Went with the 25w which is rated for up to 150g. My tank is 147g with sump and refugium mod, so I'm thinking I should be good. Going to try and tune it to 400gph using a flow sensor for parasite control.Aqua UV is also very good. It it extremely important to get the right size for your tank and even more important to get the flow right.
As long as you have sizing, flow and proper installation correct....
You good!
Good luck to you, I hope you finally eradicate the dinos. I’ve fortunately never had them (Knocks on wood) so I can’t offer any advice but it seems like you have a solid plan in place.Detailed Update and Plan of Action...
The dinos were knocked back but as expected, they were not defeated (yet).
I am taking an aggressive multi pronged approach to this problem.
U.V.
3 day blackout
Diatomaceous earth filter
Dr Tim's Dino recipe
Dr Tim's waste away gel
The quartz sleeve for my UV arrived yesterday and I put the UV back into temporary service (no blackout).
I have the feed pump in the tank and the return in the tank creating a closed loop. Pump is a Jeabo DCP15000. Pump is about a 1/2 inch above the sandbed. PVC pipe goes from pump to top of tank (about 25 inches) through 2 90° elbows forming a "U" and down about 6ft. to the UV.
The UV is laying horizontally on the floor in front of the tank. Water goes through the UV then back up about 6ft of PVC pipe then through 2 90° elbows forming a "U" to return water to the tank.
I am flowing 1019 gph through the UV according to apex flow meter. The UV calls for between 943 - 1574 gph to deal with algae, bacteria and dinos.
I use a Tunze 6105 on full blast to blow the rocks, sand and all surfaces. I put the pump right up to the rocks and make the biggest mess I can getting everything in the water column so it can go through the UV.
I have 3 Marineland Magnum polishing internal filters. Each rated for up to 97 gal tank / 290 gph. These filters will run Diatomaceous earth powder to mechanically filter dinos out.
I will be using Dr Tim's Dino recipe. This should wipe dinos out along with the other methods I am employing. The treatment consists of a 3 day blackout while dosing Dr Tim's Refresh then dosing Dr Tim's Waste Away liquid.
Once treatment is finished, Dr Tim's Waste Away gel will be employed.
This approach should kill dinos and keep em dead!
I'm not sure if I want to do the diatom filters before or after Dr. Tim's.
Maybe both.
Anyone have thoughts or suggestions on my approach?