Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board  

Go Back   Canreef Aquatics Bulletin Board > General > Reef

 
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Prev Previous Post   Next Post Next
  #10  
Old 06-06-2013, 03:30 PM
PFoster PFoster is offline
Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Toronto, ON
Posts: 576
PFoster is on a distinguished road
Default

The rating is very very different.

For QT sterilization you want 90,000 µw/cm2.
You need to match the light output and the flow rate to get this.

For example, our UV sterilizer:
30,000 µw/cm2 (EOL) 35,000 gph
45,000 µw/cm2 (EOL) 23,333 gph
60,000 µw/cm2 (EOL) 17,500 gph
75,000 µw/cm2 (EOL) 14,000 gph
90,000 µw/cm2 (EOL) 11,667 gph

This same UV sterilizer will clarify a 100,000g pond

When a UV sterilizer is rated for pond they give you the pond volume that it will clarify.
Call the manufacturer and ask what flow rate you need to pass through it to give you 90,000 µw/cm2 and this will kill everything down to the protozoa level and stop disease in your qt system.
__________________
Reply With Quote
 


Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Forum Jump


All times are GMT. The time now is 08:51 AM.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.