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Unread 03/25/2011, 12:37 PM   #22
pciscott
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I run UV on both my Reef Systems and the water is clearer and it helps nuke ick when in the free floating stage. I think Emperor Aquatics has the best literature that explains how to set a system to clarify, or kill pathogens. I still have pods and most of the benificial bacteria live within the Rock and Substrate. I feel most people who see no benifit use a undersized unit with the wrong amount of flow. I run the UV filter on a closed loop and my refugium overflows into my main display so pods seem to be prolific. In my opinion when sized properly a UV filter is very benificial to a closed system.


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Current Tank Info: Pirates Cove 400 Gallon Peninsula with 10 Ecotech Gen 4 Pro Lights, SPS heavy mixed Reef, Tank Controlled by Apex back up monitoring by Profilux, Tropic Marin Pro Salt, Brightwell Suplements and Bio Bricks, Way too many Fish! Keep it simple!
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