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FraggleRock
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Uv or not UV, that is the question:
My own, personal opinion, is that I had serious Ich issues until I got the UVs. I also have more established aquariums, so it's up for debate.
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staci
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I do know that one of my tanks that I take care of had a uv on it and it always had ich problems so I dont know which is the way to go.
I know on our current tank, we dont run one as I dont need anything else adding warmth to the water. We have a ton of lights and thus far have gotten away with no chiller. I really dont know how helpful they are, we have had really good luck with this tank so we will probably go without
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bronco300
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i have never run a UV sterilizer...but we have a coworker that put one on his tanks and just LOVES it...says it is night and day difference with how clear the water is and how much less often he even scrapes the glass....I'd like ot get one for my next tank hopefully....i wish they werent 500 bucks though!!
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staci
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yikes mine was 40...lol
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bronco300
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well for a 500gallon tank.....ya know
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staci
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lol couldnt you just put 4 of them on for like 120g tanks then that would be like 160.00 lol jk
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I had one on my last big tank, but opted not to have one on the new tank.
Why would I want to kill off the little friendly bacterias that I like so much? I no longer over feed, and I don't have a sandbed in the display...it is remote...so my tank stays very clear.
On my 480G, it made a difference at first, but by the time I needed a new bulb....it was calmed down enough that it made almost no notable difference. I would recommend them for first time big tank owners...as well as a denitrater...but again...once the tank has settled....you can throw that away also. It doesn keep you from having to do monster waterchanges initially.
Most folks that I know that have them, bought them after reading about them, and only keep them on because "it is laying around"
Maybe if I had a really heavily stocked with fish tank that looked grimey from all the poop and dissolved organics....it would make a big difference, but with a good skimmer and a few mangrooves, I get about the same affect
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FraggleRock
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For a large aquarium, you use a Hot Tub Ozonator or Ozone Generator and it's a UV light, basically, and costs about one tenth the cost of one for a 500 gallon aquarium, or you use a pond UV sterilizer which you can get for around $100 on Ebay.
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yup....I actually have one, but some lunatic cut the little ballast / driver off the wire and I don't have one....I just gotta figure out what to fire it with....it's the 9W kind....anybody got any ideas? It doesn't even have to be pretty....I can make it and put it in a box under the stand....
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Justin94565
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Or you can just run the UV sterilizer in the sump under the tank.
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