uv placement?

[Drew707]

I'm going to buy a Uv to help tank...should I put it on DT or hospital tank? Where would it do the moat good?

Also how many watts is a good Uv? Ft is 120g and hospital Tank is 20g

 

[Bud721]

I have a 40 watt UV sterilizer on my 120 gallon. I have it on a closed loop in the sump area. I think going a little bigger is better, but that is just mine opinion.

 

[sleepydoc]

Since the primary function of a UV sterilizer is to reduce the bacterial load, it would make the most sense to have on your DT, since the HT would presumably be dosed with antibiotics if you are treating an infection.

 

[supra400hptt]

I've got a 25 watt aqua uv on 20 gallons of the quarantine and a 57 watt on 130 gallons of DT. You should read up on sizing. Aqua UV has a chart on their website. I made sure mine were 90,000 uw/cm2 at my flow rate. It takes power to kill a parasite. If that's your concern, anything less is a waste of money IMO. Good UVs do not come cheap. On the DT mine is on the output of the return pump so all water going back up to the tank goes through it. On the quarantine I use an aquaclear powerhead to send water to the UV and then it just dumps back in the tank on the opposite side. I don't worry about the warning of killing plankton that aqua uv states at this power level. Not a factor for me. I want no parasites making it out of quarantine and the uv on the DT is just insurance incase my quarantine procedures fail. Got tired of constant ich over several years. Happy to say my DT is parasite free.

 

[Drew707]

Ok so get around 60watt Uv then huh

 

[supra400hptt]

As long as you don't run more than 1066 gallons per hour through it.

 

[Drew707]

Ok ty