UV Sterilizer installation

newsalt · 08-19-2004, 08:12 AM

I totalled the cost of the fish I currently have and Brucey's logic makes sense:

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...The unit and all the plumbing cost less than if I had lost my Emp Angel and had to replace it.

So, I'm thinking about getting a UV Sterilizer. I'm wondering how I can plumb it up. I don't have a sump and plumbing it through the return of my skimmer might not be a good idea since it as some bubbles in it. So, that probably leaves me with using a powerhead and plumbing the outlet of the PH to the UV and then the out let of the UV back to the tank.

Just wondering if others could share some photos of how there UV is plumbed.

Thanks.

johnlewis · 08-19-2004, 11:36 AM

Mine will be plumbed off my MAG 36, but I have a sump. You need to make sure your have a low amount of flow through the UV. I think mine is spec'd out for 200gph, you could get away with a much smaller unit, but the flow will be low so a mini jet maybe enough.

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johnlewis Scopas Tang Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Brighton, MI USA Posts: 448 View Gallery Karma Komment	Mine will be plumbed off my MAG 36, but I have a sump. You need to make sure your have a low amount of flow through the UV. I think mine is spec'd out for 200gph, you could get away with a much smaller unit, but the flow will be low so a mini jet maybe enough.

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