Aqua Ultraviolet Advantage vs Classic

[trevorhiller]

Considering UV Sterilizer for 57 gallon tank + 13 gallon tank build. I am trying to figure out what the differences between the Aqua Ultraviolet Advantage 15 watt and the Aqua Ultraviolet Classic 15 watt sterilizers are.

I see the classic is bigger and the Advantage has a smaller one-piece body. Any benefit to paying more for the classic? It seems the bigger body will increase dwell time, however, the tank is right on the threshold between the 8 watt and 15 watt so does going with the 15 advantage make sense?

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

It is kinda of difficult to plumb in a classic the advantage is much easier, hook up a. dc put so you can dial in the return. 15 watts is 15 watts.

 

[trevorhiller]

Thank you, I appreciate the feedback. Saves some money too!

I noticed BRS only sells the hang on version of the 15 watt advantage, so I didn’t know if there was a reason they opted to stock the classic over the advantage other than more money.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

My LFS used to sell the 8 Watt Classic for 169, boy these things have gone up in price. I have the 8 watt classic with the wiper, the 15 watt advantage and the 25 watt classic non wiper.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

BRS likes to sell the other brand more than Aqua Ultra Violect.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

Try Aqua Warehouse in Kearny Mesa Ca, they are a LFS with an online presence, they have all the bits for the Aqua units, but unfortunealy they have had to raise there prices as well. Dang Covid.

 

[trevorhiller]

My LFS used to sell the 8 Watt Classic for 169, boy these things have gone up in price. I have the 8 watt classic with the wiper, the 15 watt advantage and the 25 watt classic non wiper.

Just curious how you mounted yours. I didn't even realize when I ordered it that it doesn't seem to come with any sort of hanging brackets. Or do you have the hang on version?

I saw the neat aquatics clamps on the BRS site, but they are pretty expensive and I believe too big for this sterilizer. It also seems to have a tapered body from the pictures, so I might need two different clamps or at least some sort of adjustable mounting system.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

My 25 watt classic in still in the box, like I said they are tough to install and yes you might have to buy brackets, my knee has gone out so I cannot install it, sometimes I think of a ghetto install above the tank with the pump in the tank. The advantage are easy to install, I wish they had the return nozzle turned at a 45 degrees instead of straight down but it is manageable.

 

[trevorhiller]

Gotcha. I bought the barb x barb advantage model because I heard the return nozzle on the hang on model can be loud since it’s typically well above the water line.

 

[Blue Spot Octopus]

I did not know they had a barb to barb option, that is a nice update. Did you get a DC pump to run it?

 

[trevorhiller]

Game plan A is going to be to hook it to the manifold and power it by the SDC 6.0 return pump. If I can’t get that to work then I’m going to use a Sicce 1.5 pump dedicated to it.