What GPH for parasites . Aqua Ultraviolet UV

[jmichaelh7]

What are you guys running on your Aqua uv for parasites in regard to GPH? I see the website has ratings that need to be converted.

 

[blaxsun]

What are you guys running on your Aqua uv for parasites in regard to GPH? I see the website has ratings that need to be converted.

This will depend on the UV, pump and head height, but with my AquaUV 57-watt/Sicce SDC 6.0 I'm running ~633Gph (adjusted for head height) - which is ~150,000 µw/cm2. The minimum for parasite control (sterilization) is 90,000 µw/cm2.

 

[Bruttall]

I have a Jebao 55w UV on my setup running a jebao 2500L (660gph) pump at about 50%. Roughly 300gph. It is my understanding you want longer exposure to the UV-Light with parasites than you need with bacteria, so slower flow to allow longer exposure to do more damage to the reproductive cycle of the parasites.

 

[Doctorgori]

Curious what device are you using to measure GPH?
(hope you weren’t thinking Neptune flow monitor) :confused:

 

[Bruttall]

Curious what device are you using to measure GHP?

I am guestimating GPH based off Pump rating and the % of power I am running it at.

But I could find out exactly, if I care to replumb to incorporate Picture.

 

[jmichaelh7]

Ok because I had sicce pump 300 gph hooked up. I always wondered if I needed more push. I have the same theory that more contact time would help. But I started to notice salt creep would build up on the light hindering performance of the bulb and parasite contact time and effectiveness. My fish got hit hard with ich when I found this problem too late