UV Sterilizer

[Daetarek]

Hi All,

Will i see a difference in the water quality or anything ? if so how soon ?

I installed a 5Watt Pondmaster UV on my 200l tank and am just wondering if there will be any obvious effects or whether it is all microbe sized and invisible to the eye.

[tommy110011]

Was my understanding that you only really need to use a UV if you suffer from green water of if you have some serious algae. However many people use em all the time.

I think if your tank already is looking good you wont see any changes.

Regards
Tom

[G-1000]

With a UV that size it is highly unlikely that you will have a noticeable improvement.

Try to upgrade to a bigger size 18W for example

G

[Daetarek]

A 5watt will be ok for now though ... wont it ?

I intend to move it down to my other tank and upgrade this one, but i wanted to get something short term for this tank just in case as i really am adverse to the idea of having any problems in the tank.

If i was to get a higher wattage .. say 18w would i see any difference, or is the difference caused by UV invisible to the eye ?

[DarrenJThomas]

I notice that the water becomes more polished. What i mean is that it look a lot clearer and not milky.

[Daetarek]

Cool :) Thanks for that :)