Uv sterilizing and pods.

[JPergamo]

Would the use of an 18 w UV sterilizer kill off a pod population? I don't have a sand bed and will never have fish that rely on them but I feel like a hefty pod population is essential to a thriving sytem. Just wondering what everyone thought.

 

[Reefing Madness]

 

[FarmerTy]

Only the ones swimming through it. The larger pods might actually survive going through an 18w sterilizer, depending on your flow rate.

I wouldn't worry about it. I have a 115-watt UV sterilizer and there's a million pods in my tank.