uv sterrilzers?????

[schrade]

Are uv sterilzers ok with a reef tank?

 

[wamp]

Depends on who you ask. Yes and no.. It is all a matter of prefence.

 

[krishj39]

Seems the most popular opinion, including my own, is yes, they are fine in reef tanks as long as you turn them off during feeding.

 

[wamp]

Why turn them off during feedings?

 

[krishj39]

I don't know if it would actually make a difference or not. If you are squirting the food right to the corals, then probably it doesn't make any difference. But if you are just adding the food from the surface, then you will end up with cooked phytoplankton, for example. Maybe it doesn't make a difference, I guess I don't know.
Kris