Rasmusm
Member
Hi all
I have a 576liter planted tank, with 112l sump. I always seem to have some kind of greyish tone in my water no matter what I do, its not like really clear. I have a lot of mechanical filtration though, should be more than enough. Also a brick of Marine pure + their small 1.5" balls, + 500g of purigen. Am a sucker for clear water..
My thought was to order a small 3w uv sterilizer and put it i line with my small tunze 300l/h powerhead I have.
This UV light
When I look at UV light they recommend 9-20w+ for my size tank. I figured 3 w and just run it everyday All the time, or is that stupid will it even help over lets say a month period? 3w was to keep the running cost of the tank down
What do you think? Tank is low tech, with fertilizer. I rarely do waterchanges, because when I do I get a massive outbreak of BBA the following week. Guess my well water has alot of co2 in it. But every parameter always check out perfectly fine, 0 nitrites 0 nitrates 0 ammonia tds stays around 370 week after week. So I'm happy with it
from Rasmus
Denmark
I have a 576liter planted tank, with 112l sump. I always seem to have some kind of greyish tone in my water no matter what I do, its not like really clear. I have a lot of mechanical filtration though, should be more than enough. Also a brick of Marine pure + their small 1.5" balls, + 500g of purigen. Am a sucker for clear water..
My thought was to order a small 3w uv sterilizer and put it i line with my small tunze 300l/h powerhead I have.
This UV light
When I look at UV light they recommend 9-20w+ for my size tank. I figured 3 w and just run it everyday All the time, or is that stupid will it even help over lets say a month period? 3w was to keep the running cost of the tank down
What do you think? Tank is low tech, with fertilizer. I rarely do waterchanges, because when I do I get a massive outbreak of BBA the following week. Guess my well water has alot of co2 in it. But every parameter always check out perfectly fine, 0 nitrites 0 nitrates 0 ammonia tds stays around 370 week after week. So I'm happy with it
from Rasmus
Denmark