Do you run UV sterilization?

[Chin_Lee]

Originally Posted by untamed

My achillies tang went through about the same sequence of attack/recovery as his...but I don't have a UV sterilizer. Obviously, his running of UV didn't prevent the ick attack in the first place. This makes me wonder if the UV is at all effective against ick.

unless ....... in the first place the tang had already acquired the ick from the store it was purchased from.
I run an 80W UV 24/7 on my tanks.

[untamed]

Originally Posted by Chin_Lee

unless ....... in the first place the tang had already acquired the ick from the store it was purchased from.
I run an 80W UV 24/7 on my tanks.

Let us know if the ick returns to your Achillies or not. In my tank, without UV, it comes and goes...never goes completely away. If you can eliminate it completely, that's a real testimony for UV.

[kwirky]

can't. running zeovit.

[Chin_Lee]

Originally Posted by untamed

Let us know if the ick returns to your Achillies or not. In my tank, without UV, it comes and goes...never goes completely away. If you can eliminate it completely, that's a real testimony for UV.

i run ozone too so unfortunately it will not give UV all the credit. No ick return yet but its only been a short time.

[sphelps]

I think they're good for newer hobbyists, they help control parasites and increase water clarity. Once you've been in the hobby for a while and you've invested in some nice equipment, you water quality has increased to the point where parasites are no longer an issue. When the fish are healthy in a stable environment they seem to be able to control their parasite level naturally and prevent an outbreak.

At least this is what I've found. I also run Zeo, so I couldn't use one even if I wanted to.

[BC564]

I could see using UV in series with your RO/DI since UV removes Chlorine.......or use it on your water change storage on your recirc line....

[Jason McK]

Originally Posted by BC564

I could see using UV in series with your RO/DI since UV removes Chlorine.......or use it on your water change storage on your recirc line....

That's a great Idea.

J

[BC564]

Thanks......but that will be it for awhile now...I only get good idea's very sparingly.

[Doug]

Hey, I always used one, back in the '80,s.

I do see a lot of bare bottomed sps tanks in the US, running large ones. I once read many of the reasons why, but not close enough to remember why they thought it was so important. And FWIW, those running the large sterilizers, dont use ozone or at least the ones I read.