Uv light

[LilysDad]

When will it be a good time to add a uv light after cycle?

 

[JumboShrimp]

If you have started with a clean slate— you haven’t yet added any fish / corals / inverts / rock or water from another tank, then you shouldn’t need a UV yet for disease control. And for the first several weeks (at least) of cycling, you shouldn’t need to control algae, etc. to that extent. But down the road, a UV will definitely be useful! My 2-cents. Best wishes!

 

[Spare time]

What are you looking to achieve with the UV? They are only useful during phytoplankton or bacterial blooms (and certain cases of dinos)

 

[LilysDad]

What are you looking to achieve with the UV? They are only useful during phytoplankton or bacterial blooms (and certain cases of dinos)

Will start dosing phyto next week

 

[blaxsun]

What are you looking to achieve with the UV? They are only useful during phytoplankton or bacterial blooms (and certain cases of dinos)

They're also great for keeping parasites down to a minimum level.

 

[chrisdonzella]

I have a question.

I want to run UV but I also want to dose Phyto for the overall biome of the tank. I am planning a refugium down the line with pods as I want to establish a good place for an eventual mandarinfish.

Would I dose during daylight hours and run UV during night time?

Or would both of these just cancel one another out and offer no benefit?

-Chris