A QUALITY UV
Proper UV sterilization starts with the proper UV, contact time, water turbidity, water temperature, bio load, and more. Proper filtration of the water before entering the UV sterilizer helps with turbidity, many UV’s now available do not have proper contact time or advertise too high a flow rate. I would recommend 20-45 gph per watt of UVC. If your pump rate is too high (after subtracting head pressure), I would add a diverter to your return line or a seperate pump for your UV.
I have produced a 15 watt UV that is extremely effective when installed properly.
Aquarium and Pond UV Sterilizers Quality UV Sterilizers
Be careful of some of the cheap uv sterilizers currently flooding the market such as the Aqua Medic, our service experience is poor with these units (leakage, poor sterilization patterns). If you obtain one of these units, you cannot make a fair assesment of what UV Sterilization can really do.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW UVC STERILIZATION WORKS, READ OUR EXPANDED POST BELOW
Proper UV sterilization starts with the proper UV, contact time, water turbidity, water temperature, bio load, and more. Proper filtration of the water before entering the UV sterilizer helps with turbidity, many UV’s now available do not have proper contact time or advertise too high a flow rate. I would recommend 20-45 gph per watt of UVC. If your pump rate is too high (after subtracting head pressure), I would add a diverter to your return line or a seperate pump for your UV.
I have produced a 15 watt UV that is extremely effective when installed properly.
Aquarium and Pond UV Sterilizers Quality UV Sterilizers
Be careful of some of the cheap uv sterilizers currently flooding the market such as the Aqua Medic, our service experience is poor with these units (leakage, poor sterilization patterns). If you obtain one of these units, you cannot make a fair assesment of what UV Sterilization can really do.
FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT HOW UVC STERILIZATION WORKS, READ OUR EXPANDED POST BELOW
posted by Carl at
9:53 AM
ULTRAVIOLET STERILIZATION
UV Sterilizers, Clarifiers
PLL & PL-S UVC Replacement Bulbs
T-5, T-8, & T-10 UV bulb
BF 100 and 200 Internal Wet/Dry Bio Filters
Seio Propeller Aquarium Water Pumps
Fissh
2 Comments:
Best blog out there about uv sterilization (especially the expanded post)
Fish Man
Cool blog about UV Sterilizer. You can find UV Sterilizer and other aquarium products at discounted prices here.
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