UV Dose To Kill Coral Pests?

[naterealbig]

Hey kids,

Thanks for stopping in.

Does anyone know what the required dose of UV C radiation to sterilize organisms like flatworms, red bugs, etc?

This thread is an extension of the following thread :

Quarantine In-Line w Main System?

While I'm a huge proponent of prophylactic quarantine of corals and fish, I don't have the room to set up a permanent system for corals and fish. Quarantined fish are easy enough to come by these days, so not a huge obstacle there. The quarantining of corals to prevent the spread of fish AND...

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Thanks,

Nathan

 

[Dan_P]

Hey kids,

Thanks for stopping in.

Does anyone know what the required dose of UV C radiation to sterilize organisms like flatworms, red bugs, etc?

This thread is an extension of the following thread :

Quarantine In-Line w Main System?

While I'm a huge proponent of prophylactic quarantine of corals and fish, I don't have the room to set up a permanent system for corals and fish. Quarantined fish are easy enough to come by these days, so not a huge obstacle there. The quarantining of corals to prevent the spread of fish AND...

www.reef2reef.com

Thanks,

Nathan

Just a thought. Once the size of the organism becomes larger than a microorganism, the amount of radiation needed to kill it would have to be fearsomely large. Maybe a normal UV lamp could harm flatworm gametes but not the flatworm itself.

 

[naterealbig]

Just a thought. Once the size of the organism becomes larger than a microorganism, the amount of radiation needed to kill it would have to be fearsomely large. Maybe a normal UV lamp could harm flatworm gametes but not the flatworm itself.

I completely agree with the extrapolation. I don't necessarily need them dead - unable to reproduce is good enough for me.