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Pond filters.. Uv or not to Uv?
Gday
I've been out of the pond game for a few years and Ive come back to discover that many of the external filters now have inbuilt UV steralizers.. is it generally accepted that these are the way to go now or is a biological/mechanical only filter ok? I understand the UV can help reduce greenwater, but are they worth the extra cost? Thanks Alan Meade |
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Pond filters.. Uv or not to Uv?
UV does exactly what you say: reduce green water. It does not serve
to do the bio or mechanical filtration that is also needed. If your pond is well planted, you may benefit from the UV only at the start of the season. Our pond, for instance, needs UV for a couple of weeks right at the start of plant growth. After that, it is not needed. We learned that after several seasons of running UV all season. Big savings and loner bulb life come from just 2 weeks! We prefer the seperate UV as our filter is a set of berm ponds rather than a mechanical filter. We have not looked at the combination units. I would think through whether that really suits your purpose, whether you can operate one without the other, whether seperate placement would be more convenient, etc. Other ponders may have better advice on those things and on units they are using. My _impression_ is that the units are not at all standard for ponders here. Jim |
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Pond filters.. Uv or not to Uv?
I do not use a UV. I keep my fish stocking low,
use plants and don't really mind the beginning of the year murkiness. I think it all depends on what you want out of a pond, how your pond is set up and if you can wait out green water. k :-) http://tinyurl.com/6bguh ~ new pond keeper info http://tinyurl.com/yp64db ~ slide show of pond |
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Pond filters.. Uv or not to Uv?
I 've never looked into combo filters, but I have to have a uv filter,
otherwise I'm looking at pea soup the whole season in my pond. Granted, my fish stock is higher then it should probably be, and because of that, they wreak havock on my plants, so getting 40% coverage alays seems unobtainable to me. I live in an area where getting pond plants locally is difficult, and shipping them have been a very mixed bag. I prefer natural methods if possible, but I'm very happy with the cost/performance that I've gotten from adding a uv filter, though it took a while to get everything set up properly. -- Gareee (Gary Tabar Jr.) |
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Pond filters.. Uv or not to Uv?
thx for ur replies
if im motivated ill take pics etc of my setup once it gets going thanks again alan "insanity101" wrote in message ... Gday I've been out of the pond game for a few years and Ive come back to discover that many of the external filters now have inbuilt UV steralizers.. is it generally accepted that these are the way to go now or is a biological/mechanical only filter ok? I understand the UV can help reduce greenwater, but are they worth the extra cost? Thanks Alan Meade |
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