Petsmart UV Sterilizer?

Ratpack · 02-28-2008, 03:52 PM

I saw that Petsmart has a 24w UV sterilizer that has a small pump with it. It is designed to sit inside the aquarium and the small powerhead fedds the unit and the water just returns to the tank. The price is right at $49, but I am wondering if anyone has had one and what they thought. I am sure it isn't as effective as a higher priced unit, but for $49, any benefit I get in controlling algae spores and / or parasites would be a plus.

sebastian · 02-28-2008, 06:27 PM

yeah..petsmart items are goog..hehehhe and you still belive in Santa Clouse?
WAKE UP.....give me that $50 ...add another$50 and you can buy very good uv

NATIVEVAMAN · 02-28-2008, 08:52 PM

UV sterilizers are indiscrimate killers of everything that goes thru them(providing the bulb is clean).That means it kills good bacteria and bad,they also kill pods.and if you have a fuge thats just about the worst thing you could have happen.As for killing ich well its not so good at that,since ich has three stages and only at one stage is it out drifting around in the tank.If you want some real protection for your tank get an ozoneizer.It only kills the bad stuff,it kills ich in all three stages and it will make your water so clear you will wonder if there is any in the tank.

AQTCJAK · 02-28-2008, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by NATIVEVAMAN

UV sterilizers are indiscrimate killers of everything that goes thru them(providing the bulb is clean).That means it kills good bacteria and bad,they also kill pods.and if you have a fuge thats just about the worst thing you could have happen.As for killing ich well its not so good at that,since ich has three stages and only at one stage is it out drifting around in the tank.If you want some real protection for your tank get an ozoneizer.It only kills the bad stuff,it kills ich in all three stages and it will make your water so clear you will wonder if there is any in the tank.

I would have to stongly disagee with what you have said a good UV setup with the right flow is one of the best things you can do for a tank. It enliminates more bad that good by a long shots

NATIVEVAMAN · 02-28-2008, 09:04 PM

Its not the point of how much good or bad it kills.It kills everything,everything but the main reason people get them....ich.In two stages of ichs life cycle it is either burried in the sand or attached to a fish,and it wont go thru the uv like that.

heels92 · 02-28-2008, 09:09 PM

So Tim, I guess your basic question has been answered...

The Petsmart uv sterilizer is probably either a bad idea or not worth the money...

No.

Darrell

tbittner · 02-28-2008, 09:28 PM

I looked up the UV sterilizer that petsmart sells. It isn't a bad product. But I think that everyone is saying that you can get a better product from places like RS sponsors for basically the same price. Check out their websites.

tbittner · 02-28-2008, 09:30 PM

I personally will never have an ozone system. That stuff just scares me. Sure, it kills all sorts of bad things in the tank but it can also kill everything and everyone outside the tank.

rlcline76 · 02-29-2008, 12:24 PM

I would be afraid of a sterilizer that cheap...I'm afraid of PetSmart anyway, even though I shop there on occasion.
I have a CURRENT unit that Marine Depot sells for around $90 (mine is only 8w, though)...I'm sure the sponsors here are comparable.
I haven't thought of mine as being an essential piece of equipment for awhile now. Doesn't mean I am getting rid of it! I QT everything possible and I try to keep phosphates low.

NATIVEVAMAN · 02-29-2008, 12:35 PM

If used with the proper monitering system ozone isnt dangerous.If carbon filtration is used it will quickly clear out of a sump.You would need a very large ozone generator to create enough ozone to kill anyone.In fact you can smell it (I know a guy who likes the smell) and if it gets that strong you have to be trying to do something wrong.

02-28-2008, 03:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Ratpack Limpet Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lexington, SC Posts: 127 View Gallery Karma Komment	Petsmart UV Sterilizer? I saw that Petsmart has a 24w UV sterilizer that has a small pump with it. It is designed to sit inside the aquarium and the small powerhead fedds the unit and the water just returns to the tank. The price is right at $49, but I am wondering if anyone has had one and what they thought. I am sure it isn't as effective as a higher priced unit, but for $49, any benefit I get in controlling algae spores and / or parasites would be a plus. __________________ Tim

02-28-2008, 06:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
sebastian Sea Pen Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: lake zurich, il Posts: 341 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Petsmart UV Sterilizer? yeah..petsmart items are goog..hehehhe and you still belive in Santa Clouse? WAKE UP.....give me that $50 ...add another$50 and you can buy very good uv __________________ Sebastian member of CMAS 125G AGA + 30G sump (home made) 500W MH + 260W PC light Wave 2K (4,000 g/h), mag-drive 12 (1,000 g/h) Euro reef skimmer Hammer corals, zoo's, green star polyps, neon green button polyps, blue acro, green staghorn, frogspan, leathers, xenias, 100's mashrooms, ricordias, fungias, green oxypora, neon green hydropora, snake polyps, brown Caribbean zoanthid (palythoa carribaeorum) regal tang, yellow tang, six line wrasse, cleaner wrasse, (2) lyretail anthias, eibli angel, ocellaris clown

02-28-2008, 08:52 PM	#3 (permalink)
NATIVEVAMAN Serpent Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Richmond va Posts: 209 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Petsmart UV Sterilizer? UV sterilizers are indiscrimate killers of everything that goes thru them(providing the bulb is clean).That means it kills good bacteria and bad,they also kill pods.and if you have a fuge thats just about the worst thing you could have happen.As for killing ich well its not so good at that,since ich has three stages and only at one stage is it out drifting around in the tank.If you want some real protection for your tank get an ozoneizer.It only kills the bad stuff,it kills ich in all three stages and it will make your water so clear you will wonder if there is any in the tank.

02-28-2008, 09:04 PM	#5 (permalink)
NATIVEVAMAN Serpent Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Richmond va Posts: 209 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Petsmart UV Sterilizer? Its not the point of how much good or bad it kills.It kills everything,everything but the main reason people get them....ich.In two stages of ichs life cycle it is either burried in the sand or attached to a fish,and it wont go thru the uv like that.

02-28-2008, 09:09 PM	#6 (permalink)
heels92 Serpent Star Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Mount Pleasant, SC Posts: 238 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Petsmart UV Sterilizer? So Tim, I guess your basic question has been answered... The Petsmart uv sterilizer is probably either a bad idea or not worth the money... No. Darrell __________________ 65 gal reef with fish. 250 14k mh, 2 2x96in actinic pc, berlin protein skimmer, 5 gal sump, uv sterilizer, phoban reactor. soft, lps, and some sps corals. 2 gobies, 2 clownfish, anemone, coral beauty, fridmani, dusky jawfish, mandarin, brittle starfish.

02-28-2008, 09:28 PM	#7 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Petsmart UV Sterilizer? I looked up the UV sterilizer that petsmart sells. It isn't a bad product. But I think that everyone is saying that you can get a better product from places like RS sponsors for basically the same price. Check out their websites. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

02-28-2008, 09:30 PM	#8 (permalink)
tbittner Watch this Ma! Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Northern VA Posts: 5,562 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Petsmart UV Sterilizer? I personally will never have an ozone system. That stuff just scares me. Sure, it kills all sorts of bad things in the tank but it can also kill everything and everyone outside the tank. __________________ Terry 150g predator tank full of killers. Soon to be upgraded to a 360g. 450g reef 300g sump.

02-29-2008, 12:24 PM	#9 (permalink)
rlcline76 Manta Ray Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Fort Bliss, TX Posts: 3,342 View Gallery Karma Komment Add yours!	Re: Petsmart UV Sterilizer? I would be afraid of a sterilizer that cheap...I'm afraid of PetSmart anyway, even though I shop there on occasion. I have a CURRENT unit that Marine Depot sells for around $90 (mine is only 8w, though)...I'm sure the sponsors here are comparable. I haven't thought of mine as being an essential piece of equipment for awhile now. Doesn't mean I am getting rid of it! I QT everything possible and I try to keep phosphates low. __________________ ~Becky~ I think everything ALWAYS comes back to underwear sooner or later. Whether or not that's a good thing is up to conjecture. BarbMazz Any weather is thong weather. BEELZEBOB honesty and a skidmark fetish will get you far Sasquatch I don't want the world, I just want your half. TMBG

02-29-2008, 12:35 PM	#10 (permalink)
NATIVEVAMAN Serpent Star Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Richmond va Posts: 209 View Gallery Karma Komment	Re: Petsmart UV Sterilizer? If used with the proper monitering system ozone isnt dangerous.If carbon filtration is used it will quickly clear out of a sump.You would need a very large ozone generator to create enough ozone to kill anyone.In fact you can smell it (I know a guy who likes the smell) and if it gets that strong you have to be trying to do something wrong.

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