Pete
Do you keep your UVC on all the time?


On Fri, 23 Feb 2007 18:35:57 -0000, "BoyPete"
wrote:

Gill Passman wrote:
I was looking at the Hozelock products in my LFS and noticed that
Hozelock have a combined Pump, Filter, UVC combination product - the
price isn't exorbitant (but I guess that is subjective). Now my
question would be on the UVC side......

My understanding of UV usage in the marine aquatic side is that it is
used for prevention of parasites etc. Does the same theory apply to
Ponds as well with this UVC unit? Or is it just a water clarifier?

TIA
Gill

Not much I can add to Tristans replies. I'm also a Hozelock (with UV)
person. Effective and good value.



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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Tristin wrote:
Pete
Do you keep your UVC on all the time?


As Pete and I live somewhere between 30-40 miles from eachother I would
be very interested in this.....we share a similar climate with slight
micro-differences that relate to city dwelling and landscape - LDN is
pretty much flat whereas I live in a valley (frost hollow).....but in
the greater scale of things pretty much the same when compared to the
great regional variations experienced in countries such as the USA.....

I'm pretty much convinced that I may as well go and buy the combined
system that includes the UV - especially when it is only a few pounds
more...which is very little in reality on the greater scale of things....

Gill

"Gill Passman" wrote in message
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I'm pretty much convinced that I may as well go and buy the combined
system that includes the UV - especially when it is only a few pounds
more...which is very little in reality on the greater scale of things....

Gill
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Wait until you're ready to put your pond in. They may have better technology
by then.
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Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
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Gill,

We use a Tetra UV to kill the algae. Works fine and is not really
needed all season. It is much nicer for us than waiting for the algae
bloom to pass. Some would feel that it is better to let the bloom
kill itself off. That can take a long time, so we have gone to a UV.
With great results.

We would support the idea of being on the hogh side for strength.
Killing algea faster is fine. Failing to kill it off is a bummer.

Jim

Phyllis and Jim wrote:
Gill,

We use a Tetra UV to kill the algae. Works fine and is not really
needed all season. It is much nicer for us than waiting for the algae
bloom to pass. Some would feel that it is better to let the bloom
kill itself off. That can take a long time, so we have gone to a UV.
With great results.

We would support the idea of being on the hogh side for strength.
Killing algea faster is fine. Failing to kill it off is a bummer.

Jim


Do you use it just to kill off the algae or do you find that, as it does
in a marine tank, that it also kills off pathogens, parasites and other
nasties....or do you use alternative control methods for these such as
PP dosing?

Gill

"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message
oups.com...
Gill,

We use a Tetra UV to kill the algae. Works fine and is not really
needed all season. It is much nicer for us than waiting for the algae
bloom to pass. Some would feel that it is better to let the bloom
kill itself off. That can take a long time, so we have gone to a UV.
With great results.

We would support the idea of being on the hogh side for strength.
Killing algea faster is fine. Failing to kill it off is a bummer.

Jim
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We also have the Tetra units. The bulbs are at least 6 years old and they
still work like a charm on algae. One is already running as I type this. I
only run them as needed.
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~ }(((((o

We found the UV not useful once the fall cold comes...the water is the
proverbial 'gin' (or tea) clear then. We run it in the spring and
as needed other times. It is easy to tell if it is needed to keep the
green water down!

Jim

"Phyllis and Jim" wrote in message
ups.com...
We found the UV not useful once the fall cold comes...the water is the
proverbial 'gin' (or tea) clear then.

Sometimes ours are gin clear in winter and sometimes one or more will stay a
bit green. As soon as the ice melted last week some of them started to turn
green. They're already up to 50F. The above ground ones that is. They're
out in the sun and the plants are still dormant so the algae starts right
up. I want to keep this one 650g tank clear as the fry are undersized. I
fed them today and any day they'll eat regardless of temperature. So far so
good. I'm trying to keep them alive until spring. They should make it if we
have a normal spring and no more real cold snaps.

We run it in the spring and
as needed other times. It is easy to tell if it is needed to keep the
green water down!

Ordinarily the 3 fry tanks can go green as the grass because no one sees
them but me. :-) I check them when they come up to eat.


Jim
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RM....
Frugal ponding since 1995.
rec.ponder since late 1996.
My Pond & Aquarium Pages:
http://tinyurl.com/9do58
~~~~ }((((* ~~~ }{{{{(ö ~~~ }(((((o

I don't imnd the algae that grows on the preforms or liners walls etc,
its the green bloom I do not like. I think cool or cold weather is
the only time a pond at least a natural pond or most larger ponds in
the deep south are really clear.......I know my pleco's love the algae
build up on the ponds sides.....So far I have weathered outside 8
pleco's for over 4 years now, and all are well over the 16" mark in
size......I also have a few smaller 12" and under outside for the
first time this year and they appear to be doing well, however I htink
with ideal conditions for growing this carpet algae, and the
metabolism of the plecos in colder water, they just can not keep up
with the algae as they can in summer time Just yesterday the wife and
I went to town, and took the long way home, and we both remarked how
nice all the ponds and such were........however in a few months they
will be all green and turbid once the warm weather sets in.




On 24 Feb 2007 19:46:14 -0800, "Phyllis and Jim"
wrote:

We found the UV not useful once the fall cold comes...the water is the
proverbial 'gin' (or tea) clear then. We run it in the spring and
as needed other times. It is easy to tell if it is needed to keep the
green water down!

Jim




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I forgot more about ponds and koi than I'll ever know!

Tristin wrote:
Pete
Do you keep your UVC on all the time?


This is my first year with a pond. Contrary to advice I read, because it has
been a mild winter, I've kept pump/filters/UV running all the time. The
pop-up on the filter is half way up, so it must have been doing some good. I
have a newlamp ready to put in .......prob at easter.
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BoyPete wrote:

This is my first year with a pond. Contrary to advice I read, because it has
been a mild winter, I've kept pump/filters/UV running all the time. The
pop-up on the filter is half way up, so it must have been doing some good. I
have a newlamp ready to put in .......prob at easter.

What brand do you have? and is it a combined unit?

TIA
Gill

Gill Passman wrote:
BoyPete wrote:

This is my first year with a pond. Contrary to advice I read,
because it has been a mild winter, I've kept pump/filters/UV running
all the time. The pop-up on the filter is half way up, so it must
have been doing some good. I have a newlamp ready to put in
.......prob at easter.

What brand do you have? and is it a combined unit?

TIA
Gill

Hozelock Titan pump in the pond, feeding a Hozelock Bioforce filter with UV,
feeding a Hozelock box filter.
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