Uv sterilizer

jsvand5 · Aug 10, 2019

jsvand5 said:
Ordered this one. Thing is a beast. I had ich some how get through my QT protocol. I had fish dying almost daily. hooked this up and all signs of ich were gone within a week and have not returned. This is a 210g tank with and achillies tang, blue tang, powder blue tang, and convict tang.

Thought I added a link to the one I bought but it’s the TMC110 watt.

leewish · Aug 10, 2019

vangvace said:
Sadly aqua UV doesn't chart to 180,000 µw/cm² but I would estimate somewhere between 240 and 180 gph for the 25w classic for parasite control to the 180 mark. ~400gph for some parasites. I would email them at [email protected] to be certain.

Having the output as far away from the input as possible to keep from recirculating sterilized water helps too.

The manual said 400-480gph. I personally though that was pretty high which had me concerned about this UV.

vangvace · Aug 10, 2019

leewish said:
The manual said 400-480gph. I personally though that was pretty high which had me concerned about this UV.

There are differences in the bulb and housing to take into consideration as well between the brands. Pentair lists 90,000 and 180,000 µw/cm² for parasites on brs.

Setting it up off a manifold, being on the higher gph end of their range might offset the inefficiencies from recirculating

TARHEEL78 · Sep 4, 2019

jsvand5 said:
Thought I added a link to the one I bought but it’s the TMC110 watt.

I have a similar size tank, what flow rate are you using with that uv?

jsvand5 · Sep 4, 2019

TARHEEL78 said:
I have a similar size tank, what flow rate are you using with that uv?

Not sure really. I have a pump that is rated for 1600gph going at 80% I assume after head pressure loss probably somewhere around 800gph. I have it dumping back into the same chamber it draws from in the sump so some is probably recirculated through it again before moving to the next chamber.

TARHEEL78 · Sep 4, 2019

jsvand5 said:
Not sure really. I have a pump that is rated for 1600gph going at 80% I assume after head pressure loss probably somewhere around 800gph. I have it dumping back into the same chamber it draws from in the sump so some is probably recirculated through it again before moving to the next chamber.

One more question for you. How did you mount it?

jsvand5 · Sep 4, 2019

TARHEEL78 said:
One more question for you. How did you mount it?

Nothing fancy and a little embarrassing, My sump and wiring isn’t nice like some peoples so I just used zip ties and have it hanging from the center braces of the stand. I didn’t want it outside of the sump so this was the easiest option and it won’t be a big deal to pull out when it comes time to change bulbs.

TARHEEL78 · Sep 4, 2019

jsvand5 said:
Nothing fancy and a little embarrassing, My sump and wiring isn’t nice like some peoples so I just used zip ties and have it hanging from the center braces of the stand. I didn’t want it outside of the sump so this was the easiest option and it won’t be a big deal to pull out when it comes time to change bulbs.

That's not too bad. I watched a video on it that said you could mount it that direction or vertical, I was hoping it could be mounted flat but it sounds like it shouldn't be.

jsvand5 · Sep 4, 2019

TARHEEL78 said:
That's not too bad. I watched a video on it that said you could mount it that direction or vertical, I was hoping it could be mounted flat but it sounds like it shouldn't be.

Only issue I have is that if any air get in it it gets loud. Once in a while I have to turn the pump all the way up an kind of shake it a little to purge the air.