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I believe I have prorocentrum dinos. I want to add a UV sterilizer to my tank. My tank is 180 gallons with two 30 gallon sumps less rock, sand, and equipment for a total water volume of 210ish gallons.
Question 1: What size UV do I need for 210ish gallons?
I was thinking 40 Watt - Pentair Aquatics
Question 2: What flow rate do I need?
On BRS's video for UV, they said for Dinos a 6x turnover rate, so that would be 1260ish gph. However, others have said 3x turnover rate. Not sure which it is.
Questions 3: What is the best way to plumb into my system?
It would appear either a closed loop in the DT or directly into the return pump. I would prefer to have it in the sump as that is in a separate room and has more space. However, I don't want to connect to the return as I am not confident in doing that work. Currently, the two sumps are connected to one external return pump. Can I close the connection to one sump and instead have a new pump in there go to the UV and return to the second sump?
Question 1: What size UV do I need for 210ish gallons?
I was thinking 40 Watt - Pentair Aquatics
Question 2: What flow rate do I need?
On BRS's video for UV, they said for Dinos a 6x turnover rate, so that would be 1260ish gph. However, others have said 3x turnover rate. Not sure which it is.
Questions 3: What is the best way to plumb into my system?
It would appear either a closed loop in the DT or directly into the return pump. I would prefer to have it in the sump as that is in a separate room and has more space. However, I don't want to connect to the return as I am not confident in doing that work. Currently, the two sumps are connected to one external return pump. Can I close the connection to one sump and instead have a new pump in there go to the UV and return to the second sump?