UV Sterilizers for SPS Tanks - Pros & Cons

mcola78 · 03/12/2006, 07:03 PM

How many of you guys are using UV sterilizers on your tanks? I know the benefits they have for keeping fish healthy, but are there any downsides to them? Do they kill off too many of the helpful bacteria, etc. for sps growth and development?

drock59 · 03/12/2006, 08:12 PM

They kill bacteria, good and bad.

Lost of people run them very successfully, lots of people hate them.

03/12/2006, 07:03 PM	#1
mcola78 Premium Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Fayetteville, AR Posts: 459	UV Sterilizers for SPS Tanks - Pros & Cons How many of you guys are using UV sterilizers on your tanks? I know the benefits they have for keeping fish healthy, but are there any downsides to them? Do they kill off too many of the helpful bacteria, etc. for sps growth and development?

03/12/2006, 08:12 PM	#2
drock59 Premium Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Corvallis, OR Posts: 3,802	They kill bacteria, good and bad. Lost of people run them very successfully, lots of people hate them. __________________ Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. Mark Twain Current Tank Info: 93g Marineland cube. SPS dominated. Vortech mp40. 2 x AI sol super blues. SRO 2000 int skimmer. Mag 18 return. Korallin 1500 calcium reactor.