Recent content by zaggino

And I've never said that I will not change water and do all the usual things, this is just something extra on top of all. The question was not much about whether to use UV or not, but rather how to technically do it. Besides using secondary external filter the only thing I found was to have a...

To prevent algae growth, bacteria, etc. Haven't read of any downsides so why not? Its better than pouring chemicals into the water in my opinion.

Freshwater, the UV light would be on only few hours a day, the filter would keep running.

Hi guys, I have about 450 litre tank and I'd like to setup a good UV sterilization for it. I'm planning to buy Eheim Reeflex UV 800 which recommends about 600L/h flow for proper treatment. The question is, how to get the water into and through it? The UV itself is quite big so it would be hidden...