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Hi reefers,
So despite my best efforts qting every fish I have put in my tank since kicking it off 2 years ago a week ago I noticed what I believe to be ich on both my blue and purple tang. I have measured to tank to hold 115gal of water. I have had for the past year a pentair 25w uv which I have been running at 450gph 24/7 and when checked the documentation stated that it wasn't suited to treat ich and would need a bigger one. After going over the measurements there was no way I could fit a bigger pentair unit anywhere so I ended up buying a aqua ultraviolet 57w twist. When it arrived I was quite shocked at how much smaller it was than my 25w pentair being less than half the size. So with little faith in the 57w uv I have plumbed the unit in series with the pentair unit so it goes through the 57w then straight into the 25w. The flow rates have me confused though as a 50w pentair 3x the size calls for a flow rate of 158 gph to treach ich where as the aqua ultraviolet 57w calls for a flow rate of 1066gph. This makes no sense to me so I set it up based off the 50w pentair flow rate and have it at 2.8 gpm. After 1 week of treatment the infected tangs dont seems to be getting worse but I have not seen any improvements either.
Can anyone recommend what flow rate I should try running this setup at?
So despite my best efforts qting every fish I have put in my tank since kicking it off 2 years ago a week ago I noticed what I believe to be ich on both my blue and purple tang. I have measured to tank to hold 115gal of water. I have had for the past year a pentair 25w uv which I have been running at 450gph 24/7 and when checked the documentation stated that it wasn't suited to treat ich and would need a bigger one. After going over the measurements there was no way I could fit a bigger pentair unit anywhere so I ended up buying a aqua ultraviolet 57w twist. When it arrived I was quite shocked at how much smaller it was than my 25w pentair being less than half the size. So with little faith in the 57w uv I have plumbed the unit in series with the pentair unit so it goes through the 57w then straight into the 25w. The flow rates have me confused though as a 50w pentair 3x the size calls for a flow rate of 158 gph to treach ich where as the aqua ultraviolet 57w calls for a flow rate of 1066gph. This makes no sense to me so I set it up based off the 50w pentair flow rate and have it at 2.8 gpm. After 1 week of treatment the infected tangs dont seems to be getting worse but I have not seen any improvements either.
Can anyone recommend what flow rate I should try running this setup at?