need some advice from the pros on UV ster

[gobyofdeth]

I have a uv sterlizer and a carbon canister and a ionizer on my return line from my sump too my tank. I have been reading about uv's are not that good for a reef tank and made more for a fish only tank. Have been thinking of tanking the UV off and the carbon canister off for more water flow from the tank too the sump. The tank is doing great though have clams, oysters and scallops all doing very well. Have been told the tank will do even better without the uv and carbon on it. Need some advice from the pros and that is why I am pasteing this thread. :thinking:
Tank is 125g
33gal sump
the water is premium quailty.
Thanks in advance for the advice

 

[coachklm]

well i dont know the purpose of your carbon cannister you can make a tray in your sump/refugr and throw a baggie of carbon to clear the water in everyonce in a while.
how much better are you trying to make it ...have you had any probblems?

 

[gobyofdeth]

here are some pics

 

[coachklm]

dont fix it ..if it aint broke

 

[jobob]

i run a uv on my reef, its been on for over 2yrs. and i run carbon. keep them.

 

[reefreak29]

ive been working with uv for 12 years now in water treatment facilities. its really overkill in a reef setting. but if u have the money it wont hurt, what its doing is taking all the micro organisms in the water and mutating them so they cant breed

 

[fishamajig]

why dont people think uv's arent good in a reef?
kills protozoans harmful to fish
kills excess planketon to be skimmed off
kills diatoms and dinoflagelates
helps break down harmeful chemicals due to diffrent coral colonies in the same tank
imo keep it
i run a 36 w on my 125 and it is a blessing

 

[farslayer]

UVs are wonderful, I've run them on every tank I own. The best part is that they kill ich when it is in the swimming stage, helping to keep it from jumping from one fish to another if you ever get it. It kills free floating algae which causes green water syndrome as well. I run an 8W on my 36G along with a canister filter filled with a combination of activated carbon and phosgard.

 

[coachklm]

if your running a sump/refugium your cannister filter is not nessesary by any means take that off......if you build a tray in your sump for carbon ect

 

[birdy]

I agree if it ain't broke don't fix it!
Leave it on, I will be running UV on my 150 sps tank, people get all freaked out that they are killing good stuff, but honestly there is almost no way we can kill off all the good stuff in our tank, Aquariums are generally much "dirtier" than the ocean, so even if you kill off some good phytoplankton, there is plenty in your tank for the corals.
Keep it on. Carbon is best utilized in a cannister anyway, just running it in a bag in the sump is not nearly as effective as water pushing through the media in some sort of cannister.