Water Filtration for the Lower Mainland

[DJ88]

I drink it, my kids drink it, my dog drinks it. My cat drinks from the toilet...completely different story

Hmm I think that explains something I have been wondering for ages.. Why your cat is so normal.

Hmm wait.. I drink RO. And my cat drinks nothing but toilet water.. Hmmmmmmm a connection there??

I wouldn't run a UV on a reef tank. Maybe on a fish-only or something like that. I want my reef to replicate nature as close as I can make it

Hmm want to make it close to the real thing? Head west till you can go west no more young man..

Then drop it in the ocean. It's a joke

That is about as close as we are going to get in this hobby to the real thing. Think about it. We use mechanical means for light, cleaning water movement. Can we recreate the water turn over? motion? As it is in the ocean? The nutrients? The Biotopes?What difference is a UV going to make. Squat. Yes they kill free flaoting organisms. But lets take a moment to ponder this. That tank Troy mentioned. Jerels. It has some of the most amazing sponges in it. And if memory serves me right they filter large volumes of water daily and he has a MASSIVE UV on his system. Seems that if he can keep filter feeders alive and flourishing they can't be all that bad. I look at the whole UV debate as another one of those Myth-informations that reefkeepers are so adept at spreading. What do you REALLY know as a fact that has been tested about UV? hmmm? all that is known by hobbiests is what they freely spread amongst themselves when it comes to UV. They make a guesstimate and run with it as fact and 100% reliable knowledge. I know. I have done it.. So don't tell me you haven't. Everyone does it.. lol

I put one on my sisters tank and it is flourishing. She had a massive dino problem and shortly after the UV goes on(and before you ask no other changes were made at that time) the Dinos start taking a hike. When the day comes I set up a reef tank again. Guess what. Yup.. A UV will go on it. You shoudl see my sisters tank now. I never had the coraline grow like she is now. And she is using my old ballast, tank, sump, pumps powerheads etc. It is a great looking sysytem going there. I enjoy looking at how fast her BTA's grow and her weeds(err mushrooms Thanks Old Guy!!!! ) are thriving and doing what they do best. Spread like the plague they are.

So I'll say it is entirely up to you if you do or don't go with a UV. What is it going to do? They have been used for years on many many systems. What is one more toy on your little world you play god with? lol

cheers,