UV questions.

[1Clown]

1. I'm looking to add a UV to my AIO as my fish seem to get white spot but for a couple fish it looks worse than others who eventually overcome it, my AIO is just a glass box with a Tunze filter inside it, how would I go about attaching a UV to it in terms of whether the pump and return pipe go?

2. Should you ALWAYS go as big as you can when getting a UV?

Thanks.

 

[Idoc]

I believe I've seen a UV system for an AIO tank arrangement on bulkreefsupply and marine depot. You might want to look at those sites and see if it would work for your system. Otherwise, you can always plumb a regular UV into your system...it's just going to be a little more obvious going over the rim in the tank or in the back section. Killing parasites require slower water flow over the UV light that you choose. Most say get the biggest you can afford...but that's within reason! A smaller AIO would probably be fine with a 15w system. When you look into UV systems, most manufacturers will list the recommended tank size and flow rate required for parasites vs algae control.

 

[1Clown]

I believe I've seen a UV system for an AIO tank arrangement on bulkreefsupply and marine depot. You might want to look at those sites and see if it would work for your system. Otherwise, you can always plumb a regular UV into your system...it's just going to be a little more obvious going over the rim in the tank or in the back section. Killing parasites require slower water flow over the UV light that you choose. Most say get the biggest you can afford...but that's within reason! A smaller AIO would probably be fine with a 15w system. When you look into UV systems, most manufacturers will list the recommended tank size and flow rate required for parasites vs algae control.

Reason I'm opting to go bigger is so I can use it for my upgrade which is a few months away hence why I don't mind a pump being an eyesore in the display for now. I'm looking at this model, it doesn't say whether the 4000 litre per hour is for parasites or algae.

Deltec Professional Complete 80w UV Unit

D-D U.V. sterilisers are designed to produce a radiation intensity of 33,000 microwatt's/sec/sq.cm which is sufficient to destroy most common pathogens in fresh and salt water aquariums

charterhouse-aquatics.com

Thoughts?

 

[Idoc]

Reason I'm opting to go bigger is so I can use it for my upgrade which is a few months away hence why I don't mind a pump being an eyesore in the display for now. I'm looking at this model, it doesn't say whether the 4000 litre per hour is for parasites or algae.

Deltec Professional Complete 80w UV Unit

D-D U.V. sterilisers are designed to produce a radiation intensity of 33,000 microwatt's/sec/sq.cm which is sufficient to destroy most common pathogens in fresh and salt water aquariums

charterhouse-aquatics.com

Thoughts?

That's a huge UV at 80w. I have a 57W Aqua on my 75g tank and it is way over kill.

Make sure you can easily get new bulbs and crystal sleeves for it before purchase. Those are the things that will need to be replaced more often.

I run around 350gph through my 57W system for dino control...which should be good for parasites as well. The manufacturer recommends around 1000gph through mine for even parasite control. But, mine is primarily for dino control.

 

[1Clown]

That's a huge UV at 80w. I have a 57W Aqua on my 75g tank and it is way over kill.

Make sure you can easily get new bulbs and crystal sleeves for it before purchase. Those are the things that will need to be replaced more often.

I run around 350gph through my 57W system for dino control...which should be good for parasites as well. The manufacturer recommends around 1000gph through mine for even parasite control. But, mine is primarily for dino control.

Sorry if this is a stupid question but you know how if you go with too much of an oversized skimmer it doesn't work well is that the same case with UV's?

 

[Idoc]

Sorry if this is a stupid question but you know how if you go with too much of an oversized skimmer it doesn't work well is that the same case with UV's?

I don't believe so, you can adjust the flow through the UV.