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Originally Posted by DJ88
We use mechanical means for light, cleaning water movement. Can we recreate the water turn over? motion? As it is in the ocean? The nutrients? The Biotopes?What difference is a UV going to make. Squat.
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What an interesting argument.
If the difference UV is going to make is "squat" then why bother running it at all?
I suspect that's not where you're trying to go with this, though. What I think you are trying to say, is, we all have this goal of trying to replicate the natural habitat as best we can. Yes, it is likely a completely unattainable goal, but that shouldn't stop us from trying. Instead, it remains a
constant challenge to be continually improving our quality of captive care. (That IS what you're trying to say, right?)
So in our quest of constant improvement, we try different things, and emply different tools at our disposal.
If you think a UV will assist you towards that goal, then by all means, please use it. Do whatever you can to get there as close as you can.
But it should be for reasons like "it serves me a valuable purpose" and not something like "well person XXX is smart, and since HE runs UV, so should I." Nonono!! Our equipment we use, are the supporting players in the overall ensemble. "What you got" is not always as important as, say "how you use what you got." Am I making any sense here? What I mean is, it's up to
us to do the best we can, and to make informed decisions. Simply owning the equipment, isn't enough to gurantee success.
There are nice tanks that run UV, and not-so-nice tanks that also run UV. There are nice tanks that don't, and there are tanks that aren't nice and don't run UV. The UV, in and of itself, isn't a defining criteria. Rather, it should be a tool that serves a specific purpose. I run a UV because .... it keeps dinoflagellates from blooming in my setup. I run a UV because .... it's on a hospital tank that I'm trying to cure a chronic case of ICK on. BUT .... I run a UV because ...... because my friend runs a UV and his tank is nice? Come on .... we can do better than that, and that's all I ask.
cheers