UV sterilizer maintenance

[TWYOUNG]

How often do ya'll perform routine maintenance on your UV. I've cleaned my quartz sleeve every three months and it always looks perfect BEFORE I start. Now it's approaching one yo and I'm supposed to replace the BULB and QUARTZ SLEEVE. I understand the bulb may loose something over time but the sleeve as well?

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Bulb once a year, quartz every 2-3 years (I look for cloudyness that wont clear with citric acid). Usually pull it every 6 months to inspect as my 57w & 25w are both a pain to remove from the system completely to flush debris out.

 

[t5Nitro]

I cleaned the quartz sleeve on mine at year 1 and replaced it at year 2. It probably would've kept being fine to use though based on inspection.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

I cleaned the quartz sleeve on mine at year 1 and replaced it at year 2. It probably would've kept being fine to use though based on inspection.

The aqua UV quartz isnt cheap so I drag it out as long as possible.

 

[TWYOUNG]

Bulb once a year, quartz every 2-3 years (I look for cloudyness that wont clear with citric acid). Usually pull it every 6 months to inspect as my 57w & 25w are both a pain to remove from the system completely to flush debris out.

Mine is super easy to access as I have plenty of room to pull it out and it's mounted vertically.

 

[Lbrdsoxfan]

Must be nice to have the fishroom, lol. Mine are vertically stuffed behind or in the tank stand.

 

[TWYOUNG]

Must be nice to have the fishroom, lol. Mine are vertically stuffed behind or in the tank stand.

Just set this up a year ago. 30 years ago I had an upstairs tank with the filter in the basement and found it convenient . Decided to put this tank on a common wall with the basement for that reason. Much easier than plumbing from upstairs to downstairs. My primary concern was figuring out where to put that UV.