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Starting a new tank with aio system. Have never had a refugium and would like to put one in with copepods....I have a uv sterilizer and read they can kill copepods. Can anyone share suggestions on if I should have both and how to do that from the start?
 
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Skfoley4 said:
Starting a new tank with aio system. Have never had a refugium and would like to put one in with copepods....I have a uv sterilizer and read they can kill copepods. Can anyone share suggestions on if I should have both and how to do that from the start?
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I have 57 watt UV and 40 watt UV sterilizers on two tanks and both have copepods. You shouldn't have an issue.
 
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Welcome to the R2R community! I have an AIO myself, with a hob refugium on the back. I‘ve an added pods directly to the fuge in the past but these days mostly just put them directly in the display tank. UV shouldn’t kill the pods.
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a UV should not be an issue. As for the fuge, I also have an AIO and I used one of the chambers in the back with a rack for a fuge. it works well, just make sure you get a light for it. I opened a window on the pack glass and put a light there. Worked great.

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