2.5g jar, 85 gph powerhead... any way to reduce it enough to work?

[burningmime]

I'm thinking of buying this for my jar, but it comes with an 85 GPH powerhead https://www.amazon.com/AA-Aquarium-Sterilizer-Submersible-Installation/dp/B0051C62IQ

 

Can I reduce the flow enough not to completely blast my corals?

[Ratvan]

Reading the link it suggests that the GPH is the rating for the pump. It goes onto state that the zig zag design of the UV part slows this down.

 

You could always baffle the input or output somehow. Cant really see how with their pics

[Christopher Marks]

That is an interesting little UV sterilizer, I didn't know they had gotten that small. One part of their description says it's only 50gph, another says 150/L per hour, around 40gph. I bet once it goes through the baffle it's slowed down a fair amount. If you give it a try please share photos here for the curious @burningmime. Are you concerned at all about introducing too much heat to the jar?

[burningmime]

The heater has a temperature sensor to turn on/off, and the ambient temperature is never more than 75 degrees american, usually closer to 70. So I'm hoping that heat won't be a problem,. If it introduces enough heat such that it could cause an issue, that would let me remove my heater and have one less thing in the tank so win-win.

I will share a pic once it's up and running. Tank looks pretty boring right now, just some rock cycling.

[mcarroll]

Curious what makes you wanna put UV on a jar?  😉 Most folks only use that when they unintentionally cause a dino-bloom on their tank to help speed the process of getting rid of it.  There are many other theoretical reasons to run UV, but nothing else really comes up with the frequency of dino's.

 

In general I'd recommend NOT USING uv until the tank really needs it for some reason.

 

Lots of things that you WANT to spread in a new reef will also be caught up by the UV and killed along with the very few potential pests there are, which may or may not even be present.

[burningmime]

On 9/29/2019 at 7:31 PM, mcarroll said:

Curious what makes you wanna put UV on a jar?  😉 Most folks only use that when they unintentionally cause a dino-bloom on their tank to help speed the process of getting rid of it.  There are many other theoretical reasons to run UV, but nothing else really comes up with the frequency of dino's.

 

In general I'd recommend NOT USING uv until the tank really needs it for some reason.

 

Lots of things that you WANT to spread in a new reef will also be caught up by the UV and killed along with the very few potential pests there are, which may or may not even be present.

Fair enough; I'll hold off on the UV. I was planning on putting it on after the cycle is complete to deal with potential dinos and cyano before it becomes an issue, rather than waiting for the tank to be overgrown with them.

[mcarroll]

Gotta let all the good guys spread tho!  UV would apply to all. 😉