best protein skimmer @ UV for nano?

[shortbusldtang]

was curious what everyones opinion was on this. I have a 12 gallon old school bio cube set up and it seems like I need a skimmer and also a uv steriizer on it. Is there enough room to equip it with both? Where do they go on it and do they even make a uv sterilizer small enough for it? Thanks in advance for any advice / opinions

 

[aquaguy24]

Ppl usually don't use skimmer or uv sterilzer on a 12g. Y do u feel like u need one. Do u have algae problems or water quality issues. Most ppl do macro algae via. Refugium.

 

[shortbusldtang]

I'm gettin scum on the top of my water. Thought skimmer would help with this and my fish i put in has iche so i figured uv sterilizer would not only help kill parasites but also help to fight any algae problems in the future once tank starts maturing

 

[aquaguy24]

U can add a powerhead to blow water at the surface, that should help.usually new tanks have that oily slim on the surface water. Does ur tank have a built in oveflow. As for the ick. U need to remove the fishes to a QT and treat with hypo for like 6 weeks or use copper and also let ur DT sit fishless for the same amount of time.

 

[shortbusldtang]

The back wall of it has the over flow and there are a total of four chambers for the water back there. Hmmm, didn't wanna have to treat in a qt .... This tank only has live rock and some fish. Would it hurt the live rock to treat it ?