Aquarium UV Sterilizer Use

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Sep 28, 2017, 5:36:57 PM9/28/17

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"Overview
Ultra violet ‘C’ sterilization is a process that is one of the most effective means of disease prevention in aquariums and ponds and for general water quality control in aquariums and ponds.
A correctly installed, quality UV Sterilizer helps provide and improve a fish’ chances in fighting difficult diseases such as ich even though UV Sterilization is less effective directly in destroying this disease pathogen.

Part of the reason for aid in fish immunity, is that UV Sterilization is that the UVC irradiation which is contained in the unit will break down oxidizers in the water column that would otherwise lower a fish’ immunity (Redox Balance), this aspect is often missed as many persons use only focus on the germicidal/algacidal properties of UV Sterilizers.

This not only has been proven in controlled tests by gurus in aquarium research such as Carl Strohmeyer, it is easy to demonstrate by adding an oxidizer such as Potassium Permanganate that colors the water and running a level one UV sterilizer against a control aquarium with none (all parameters, bio load, etc. otherwise equal) and noting the considerable speed the Potassium Permanganate is cleared from the aquarium utilizing the UV Sterilizer.