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Posted by blue sky on April 11, 2005, 9:45 am
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If you get a powerhead, attatch a sponge filter to the intake of it so that
the debri can get caught in it and not in your UV.
> After a nasty bout with septicemia, and the fact that I'm leaving the
> country for two months so the care of my 30 gallon tank will be left to
> someone else (responsible, but not that into goldfish) I'm
> contemplating a UV Sterilizer for my tank. It's got 2 goldfish in it.
>
> I currently have an Aquaclear 50 HOB filter. It's my understanding that
> with a UV sterilizer, you need either a canister filter or a powerhead
> to draw water through it.
>
> I'm assuming the UV Sterilizer is going to cost $100, and a canister
> filter would cost $100. Powerheads look like they run a variety of
> prices, from $5 and way on up. I've never even seen a powerhead before,
> so I really don't know what I should be looking for in one. Or what I
> would need to attatch it to the UV Sterilizer
>
> Since I'm worried about bad bacteria lingering in the filter media,
> having a UV sterilizer attatched to a canister filter seems like a good
> idea. But I'm not sure if this is a realistic worry, and canister
> filters are really expensive. What's the cheapest canister I can get
> that would be good for this purpose? Or should I just go with a
> powerhead since I already have a filter?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kelly
>
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> country for two months so the care of my 30 gallon tank will be left to
> someone else (responsible, but not that into goldfish) I'm
> contemplating a UV Sterilizer for my tank. It's got 2 goldfish in it.
>
> I currently have an Aquaclear 50 HOB filter. It's my understanding that
> with a UV sterilizer, you need either a canister filter or a powerhead
> to draw water through it.
>
> I'm assuming the UV Sterilizer is going to cost $100, and a canister
> filter would cost $100. Powerheads look like they run a variety of
> prices, from $5 and way on up. I've never even seen a powerhead before,
> so I really don't know what I should be looking for in one. Or what I
> would need to attatch it to the UV Sterilizer
>
> Since I'm worried about bad bacteria lingering in the filter media,
> having a UV sterilizer attatched to a canister filter seems like a good
> idea. But I'm not sure if this is a realistic worry, and canister
> filters are really expensive. What's the cheapest canister I can get
> that would be good for this purpose? Or should I just go with a
> powerhead since I already have a filter?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Kelly
>