Hello, my name is Mikey and I am new here. I just have a quick question that I hope someone could answer for me.
I was wondering how many watts of a UV bulb I would need for approximately a 600 gallon system with sump. It is for my LFS I work at. I want to change the systems up (freshwater) to get lower nitrates. As no matter what we do, we can't get the nitrates lower in the one system. So I want to have one big sump and have the pumps connected still and both systems drained into the one sump. So we don't get cross contamination/prevention I wanted to think about a UV bulb that will kill ick and bacteria as fish sometimes come in with it, unfortunately.
I am estimating the system in total would be 600 gallons freshwater. So how many watts will the UV bulb need to be and the GPH for it?
Now for my 55 gallon goldfish tank. My water won't stay clear and I keep my water in perfect condition with weekly 90% WC and I add a SUNSUN 525GPH UV 9-watt canister filter to it. It's much clearer, but it can be clearer and I don't think the bulb that came with it is of good quality. Is there a better 9-watt bulb with a G23 base that would be more beneficial? this one just seems so weak. I was thinking about the 9-watt Tetra pond one as it says up to 1,800 gallon ponds. Any advice/recommendations would be awesome!
Thanks,
Mikey
I was wondering how many watts of a UV bulb I would need for approximately a 600 gallon system with sump. It is for my LFS I work at. I want to change the systems up (freshwater) to get lower nitrates. As no matter what we do, we can't get the nitrates lower in the one system. So I want to have one big sump and have the pumps connected still and both systems drained into the one sump. So we don't get cross contamination/prevention I wanted to think about a UV bulb that will kill ick and bacteria as fish sometimes come in with it, unfortunately.
I am estimating the system in total would be 600 gallons freshwater. So how many watts will the UV bulb need to be and the GPH for it?
Now for my 55 gallon goldfish tank. My water won't stay clear and I keep my water in perfect condition with weekly 90% WC and I add a SUNSUN 525GPH UV 9-watt canister filter to it. It's much clearer, but it can be clearer and I don't think the bulb that came with it is of good quality. Is there a better 9-watt bulb with a G23 base that would be more beneficial? this one just seems so weak. I was thinking about the 9-watt Tetra pond one as it says up to 1,800 gallon ponds. Any advice/recommendations would be awesome!
Thanks,
Mikey