I would personally not add either right now. Would let the tank just mature for say a few months. Then I would go with the scrubber. And when you can later add the UV
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Agreed!I would personally not add either right now. Would let the tank just mature for say a few months. Then I would go with the scrubber. And when you can later add the UV
so as stated wait on the UV if ever. I don't see how you could plumb one and get the flow right, and flow is very important for UV.
i plan to add an algae reactor outside the tank-like tunze algae reactor, the picture isn't so clear, so i post this morning picture, i don't know why i need to add an air pump, and why a timer?so as stated wait on the UV if ever. I don't see how you could plumb one and get the flow right, and flow is very important for UV.
I disagree with adding a algae scrubber at a later date if you fully intend to add one. I added one at the beginning because I intended to, and do feed, heavy.
spacing is a problem, unless you do a HOG scrubber. plan on adding a timer and an air pump.
Chemicals *periodic table *chemical elements no4 po4 stuff like that?At the cycle process, and i will start with fish, and later corals only hardy corals ( hardy by mean easy to grow) down the road, I open to any kind of corals. my goal is a visual appeal as possible, don't want to use any chemicals
An Algae Reactor is different from an Algae Scrubber. Reactor uses macro algae, scrubber micro algae.my most significant debate is to add an algae reactor and down the road the UV or just the opposite
I run both in my reef tank. If you’re trying to keep outbreaks of diseases and infection like ick low, You’ll have to run a UV Sterilizer at a very low flow rate and it will have absolutely no impact on algae. If you’re looking for Algae control the flow rate to the UV will be much higher. Keeping in mind that a UV sterilizer doesn’t kill anything, it simply sterilizes the organisms so that it cannot replicate. Thus reducing algae. In my case I run the UV Sterilizer with my light cycle and Algae turf scrubber when my light are off. The algae doesn’t grow as fast as it would if I didn’t run the sterilizer but it grows enough t to stabilize my PH and I run an ultra low nitrate and phosphate SPS system. It’s really all in what you want to achieve.After seeing the bulk reef supply videos, i am in the debate between those two methods
my gold is like everybody here avoid any kind of algae in my tank. But don't know what to choose because I am in a budget.
You cannot avoid algae. Reef aquaria are perfect habitats for algae.After seeing the bulk reef supply videos, i am in the debate between those two methods
my gold is like everybody here avoid any kind of algae in my tank. But don't know what to choose because I am in a budget.