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Skippy Filter man says....
Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV
if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this? |
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Skippy Filter man says....
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:30:00 GMT, "FBCS" wrote:
Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this? Depending on pond type, many people find with a Skippy filter, or a filter like mine, they don't need their UV after a couple of years, at least that's what I'm guessing Skippy is talking about. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Skippy Filter man says....
He said, if i understood correctly, that it would defeat the purpose of the
filter to have a UV. "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:30:00 GMT, "FBCS" wrote: Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this? Depending on pond type, many people find with a Skippy filter, or a filter like mine, they don't need their UV after a couple of years, at least that's what I'm guessing Skippy is talking about. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Skippy Filter man says....
If you have the UV running and trying to start a new filter the UV will kill
all the bacteria you are trying to cultivate to do the biological filtration of the water. The UV should be turned off for at this a week or two to let the culture grow and you may find you never need to turn it on again if the filter traps all the fine particals Paul |
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Skippy Filter man says....
"Paul" wrote in message
... If you have the UV running and trying to start a new filter the UV will kill all the bacteria you are trying to cultivate to do the biological filtration of the water. The UV should be turned off for at this a week or two to let the culture grow and you may find you never need to turn it on again if the filter traps all the fine particals But if you UV before your bio-filter, or after...doesn't that avoid the problem of killing your biomass? I thought UV was only detrimental to your biofilter if it is in the filter. BV. |
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Skippy Filter man says....
UV will kill everything so you need a period of no UV to allow you bacteria
to grow. I don't see any advantage using a UV after filtering as its main job is to cause stuff to clumb together to be filtered out by machanical filtration. Paul |
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Skippy Filter man says....
No !
Look, I'm not a pond wizard, but a UV can only kill what comes past it. Do you agree ? It may slow down the "established filter" ideal, but it can never ever kill bacteria that don't run past it, or have nested in a bio-converter. The main reason for not turning on your UV too soon is that you are supposed to have an ammonia/nitrite spike, and that the suspended algae do consume a part of this. Turning it on too soon may make that spike worse. Clear water versus healthy water. Suspended algae are your friend in a startup situation. UV will never "kill everything". Pre nor post filter. Let's not make the misunderstandings even bigger. Theo "Paul" schreef in bericht ... UV will kill everything so you need a period of no UV to allow you bacteria to grow. I don't see any advantage using a UV after filtering as its main job is to cause stuff to clumb together to be filtered out by machanical filtration. Paul |
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Skippy Filter man says....
UV will kill everything so you need a period of no UV to allow you bacteria
to grow. I don't see any advantage using a UV after filtering as its main job is to cause stuff to clumb together to be filtered out by machanical filtration. Paul |
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Skippy Filter man says....
No !
Look, I'm not a pond wizard, but a UV can only kill what comes past it. Do you agree ? It may slow down the "established filter" ideal, but it can never ever kill bacteria that don't run past it, or have nested in a bio-converter. The main reason for not turning on your UV too soon is that you are supposed to have an ammonia/nitrite spike, and that the suspended algae do consume a part of this. Turning it on too soon may make that spike worse. Clear water versus healthy water. Suspended algae are your friend in a startup situation. UV will never "kill everything". Pre nor post filter. Let's not make the misunderstandings even bigger. Theo "Paul" schreef in bericht ... UV will kill everything so you need a period of no UV to allow you bacteria to grow. I don't see any advantage using a UV after filtering as its main job is to cause stuff to clumb together to be filtered out by machanical filtration. Paul |
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Skippy Filter man says....
They state per website "This is a bio-Logical filter, therefore all those
fancy UV's and other such stuff are useless. Actually usig a UV with a biological filter is an oxymoron. The UV kills the bacteria along with the algae spores and bacterium are one of the keys to make the biological process happen." I didn't want to create a stink I just don't understand. Everyone raves about this filter and I want to use it as my falls. Joann "FBCS" wrote in message ... He said, if i understood correctly, that it would defeat the purpose of the filter to have a UV. "~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message ... On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:30:00 GMT, "FBCS" wrote: Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this? Depending on pond type, many people find with a Skippy filter, or a filter like mine, they don't need their UV after a couple of years, at least that's what I'm guessing Skippy is talking about. ~ jan See my ponds and filter design: http://users.owt.com/jjspond/ ~Keep 'em Wet!~ Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a To e-mail see website |
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Skippy Filter man says....
"FBCS" wrote in message ... Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this? There are the pro UV people, many of them sell them, and there are the anti UV people, most of them don't have them to sell. The UV will kill many things that go through the UV, by attacking the DNA. Personally, I use UV on my ponds because it adds a level of clarity that I cannot get without the UV. The filter bacteria are a type of bacteria that requires an material to anchor itself to, or so I am told. If it is anchored to the filter media, rocks, liner, plant roots, pots, piping, etc., how is it supposed to get into the flow of the UV. I think Skippy is probably trying to make people think his filter is better than it is. The filter is a good filter, but all filters can be overloaded with too many fish, or too big of fish or both. The first thing to go is generally the clarity of the pond, then the other water quality issues. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html |
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Skippy Filter man says....
"FBCS" wrote in message ... Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this? There are the pro UV people, many of them sell them, and there are the anti UV people, most of them don't have them to sell. The UV will kill many things that go through the UV, by attacking the DNA. Personally, I use UV on my ponds because it adds a level of clarity that I cannot get without the UV. The filter bacteria are a type of bacteria that requires an material to anchor itself to, or so I am told. If it is anchored to the filter media, rocks, liner, plant roots, pots, piping, etc., how is it supposed to get into the flow of the UV. I think Skippy is probably trying to make people think his filter is better than it is. The filter is a good filter, but all filters can be overloaded with too many fish, or too big of fish or both. The first thing to go is generally the clarity of the pond, then the other water quality issues. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html |
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Skippy Filter man says....
"FBCS" wrote in message ... Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this? There are the pro UV people, many of them sell them, and there are the anti UV people, most of them don't have them to sell. The UV will kill many things that go through the UV, by attacking the DNA. Personally, I use UV on my ponds because it adds a level of clarity that I cannot get without the UV. The filter bacteria are a type of bacteria that requires an material to anchor itself to, or so I am told. If it is anchored to the filter media, rocks, liner, plant roots, pots, piping, etc., how is it supposed to get into the flow of the UV. I think Skippy is probably trying to make people think his filter is better than it is. The filter is a good filter, but all filters can be overloaded with too many fish, or too big of fish or both. The first thing to go is generally the clarity of the pond, then the other water quality issues. -- RichToyBox http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html |
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Skippy Filter man says....
The info you get when buying a combined filter and uv such as a green genie
state not to turn the uv on for a week or so to let the filter get established, that is where i got that info from. I agree that the uv will only kill what goes past it and depending on the power of the uv it will kill/remove different things. Paul |
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Skippy Filter man says....
UV's will kill single cell algae, the ones responsible for "green water".
MOST UV's, and I make that statement with confidence - do NOT kill bacteria. The wattage necessary, and the dwell time of the water while exposed to the light, just isn't within the reach of most of us. Like a lot of equipment aimed at ponders, the capabilities of a UV are very overstated. That being said, the UV can *only* kill that which passes through it. The biobugs growing in the biofilm growing in your filters is static: it doesn't move, is not exposed to the UV, and is not subject to annihalation by it. Want to kill green algae? Get a UV. Want to kill string algae, bacteria, etc.? Find something else. Lee "FBCS" wrote in message ... Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this? |
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