So I have fought with ich for 4 months now. My previous 75G Reef tank was up for almost 4 years and I never saw 1 “spec” of ich EVER!!! But for some reason, I can’t shake it off this tank.
I have done everything to eradicate ich. I Set up a quarantine tank transferred all my fish over and left my DT (Display Tank) empty for 10 weeks. I have had a “Quarantine Tank” set up for the past 4 months and have quarantined every new fish for at least two weeks.
I still have ich in my tank. Which is not an issue anymore, but it’s there.
After doing everything I could to eradicate ich (and I am starting to believe what a lot of people will say “ich will always be in our tanks”) and failing, I have decided to go to option B. Find a way to “keep it in check”, hence the reason for getting a good UV Sterilizer.
Please people, I don’t want to start a discussion why UV doesn’t do squat for ich. I have done a tone of reading and weighed the “Pros and Cons” before I came to this solution/decision.I am trying to hear from people who use or have used UV and find out how they have used/plumbed it into their systems and experiences with it.
I chose the Aqua Ultra Violet 40W sterilizer due to their reputation and efficiency against almost all microorganism and bacteria in the water.
The article below in the Atlanta Reef Club helped me understand the whole process of how an UV sterilizer is used efficiently to fight various problems in our tanks including "free flowing/swimming Ich Tomites.
http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36805
UV radiation kill rate Chart:
I am thinking of plumbing it in my sump. Drawing water from the first chamber and dropping it on the return chamber.
Few reasons for doing it this way:
• This is the closest thing I could think of to plumbing it straight into the DT. It will be taking in “dirty” water straight from the tank output into the sump and dumping “sterilized” water to the return chamber
• The water gets a little warm when going through the UV. I don’t want it hitting the fuge chamber straight on. I rather give it enough time for the temp to equalize by going through the DT
• Obviously with 336,000 uWs/cm2 accumulated radiation, anything passing through the UV would be “cooked”. Good or bad.
I don’t want it killing all the pods and “good” bacteria coming out from my fuge and going into the DT which will be making up for some of the good stuff that the UV will be killing .
I know there are a lot people doing it different out there. I am always open to suggestions and criticism. So if anybody has any input or different ideas about this, I would be glad to hear.
Thanks
Higor
I have done everything to eradicate ich. I Set up a quarantine tank transferred all my fish over and left my DT (Display Tank) empty for 10 weeks. I have had a “Quarantine Tank” set up for the past 4 months and have quarantined every new fish for at least two weeks.
I still have ich in my tank. Which is not an issue anymore, but it’s there.
After doing everything I could to eradicate ich (and I am starting to believe what a lot of people will say “ich will always be in our tanks”) and failing, I have decided to go to option B. Find a way to “keep it in check”, hence the reason for getting a good UV Sterilizer.
Please people, I don’t want to start a discussion why UV doesn’t do squat for ich. I have done a tone of reading and weighed the “Pros and Cons” before I came to this solution/decision.I am trying to hear from people who use or have used UV and find out how they have used/plumbed it into their systems and experiences with it.
I chose the Aqua Ultra Violet 40W sterilizer due to their reputation and efficiency against almost all microorganism and bacteria in the water.
The article below in the Atlanta Reef Club helped me understand the whole process of how an UV sterilizer is used efficiently to fight various problems in our tanks including "free flowing/swimming Ich Tomites.
http://www.atlantareefclub.org/forums/showthread.php?t=36805
UV radiation kill rate Chart:
I am thinking of plumbing it in my sump. Drawing water from the first chamber and dropping it on the return chamber.
Few reasons for doing it this way:
• This is the closest thing I could think of to plumbing it straight into the DT. It will be taking in “dirty” water straight from the tank output into the sump and dumping “sterilized” water to the return chamber
• The water gets a little warm when going through the UV. I don’t want it hitting the fuge chamber straight on. I rather give it enough time for the temp to equalize by going through the DT
• Obviously with 336,000 uWs/cm2 accumulated radiation, anything passing through the UV would be “cooked”. Good or bad.
I don’t want it killing all the pods and “good” bacteria coming out from my fuge and going into the DT which will be making up for some of the good stuff that the UV will be killing .
I know there are a lot people doing it different out there. I am always open to suggestions and criticism. So if anybody has any input or different ideas about this, I would be glad to hear.
Thanks
Higor
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