Aquanetics uv sterilizer manual

Another cause? Your livestock numbers reach a point that they become more susceptible to disease. Either way, your home aquarium may be at risk. A UV sterilizer helps prevent this from occurring. Any free-floating parasite or bacteria in your home aquarium will flow through the UV sterilizer. Since the process keeps prevents the organisms from reproducing, it halts the spread of these infections. In fact, your fish and other livestock avoid potentially expensive or even lethal health issues.

Keep in mind, however, that only the microorganisms that go through the device are affected. This includes adult stages of ich, for example. In addition to bacteria and parasites, UV sterilizers kill algae, another kind of microorganism that gives aquarists trouble. Algae are the aquatic microorganisms that form green slime on your aquarium surfaces. They cause your water to become murky. Algae can even affect the health of your fish, depending on the type of algae.

Other factors include excess nutrients and high light levels. By showering algae with ultraviolet rays, a UV sterilizer kills algae the same way it kills other microorganisms. Radiation prevents it from reproducing.

Everything in your tank will be easy to see. Your home aquarium can go from murky and greenish to clean and clear with minimal effort. As noted above, the sterilizer works only on free-floating organisms. Only microorganisms that flow to the device with the water will be affected by it. Clear water in this aquarium showcases a variety of corals.

There are several things to consider when deciding to install a sterilizer. These include wattage, flow rate, and maintenance.

Sterilizer effectiveness depends on its ability to shower the microorganism with enough UV light. Different sizes and types need different amounts of radiation to kill them. After installing it I noticed that my Pinpoint PH probe would no longer get a steady reading.

I haven't plugged the UV up since and was trying to find some information on what the problem could be, and if it is harmful? The fish in my tank acted normally for the few hours it was on. Do you know of a tech support number they might have? Thanks for the reply. Well after sending the email, I found a contact number for the manufacturer and they said this was very normal. I explained that the PH probe was not just varying slightly, but was erratically moving back and forth to abnormal readings ex.

He advised me to plug this unit back up and install a grounding probe if I wanted my PH probe to work properly. A grounding probe? For what purpose? I spoke with two other people before I finally spoke to someone competent about my situation.

But it still makes me wonder. I don't feel any type of shock when I stick my hands in the water. I'm going to try your advice and make sure its installed properly. But what if it still reads erratically? I also plan to use grounding probe. I know this device protects against shock and electrocution, but how will it prevent stray voltage from flowing into the tank? But now I'm really confused. I guess I just really want to know, what I'm supposed to do to insure that the UV is hooked up properly.

Not slowly over time, but it makes irregular readings skipping multiple tenths at a time ex. And that he had just recently done this on an octopus tank he had set up. I guess my question to you is, short of never running the UV, how do I insure that UV is not slowly leaking voltage into my tank?

I never feel anything when I stick my hand in the tank, and I know that the signs to my livestock are not immediate, and their health will just slowly dwindle with time. So is there anything I can do to insure myself that my livestock are not being slowly tortured? I'm sorry for nagging you so much, but this is nagging me a lot worse knowing the potential consequences. I am fairly new to the hobby but I have learned a lot from my dad, as we have had tanks my whole life.

So here's my question: We have a ninety gallon tank with a sterilizer on it from Being that the sterilizer is 20 years old, is it still doing its job? If it's sleeved a tube of quartz or Teflon twixt the water, lamp , that has been kept clean? The lamp replaced about every months? There is a Des. I got it to help with algae and it has done a great job of that, even though I just have it in-line with my Eheim.

After reading some of the posts detailing water leaks and fire risk, I decided to open the unit. Now, I did not know I should be opening it. Water flows through the unit in a double helix tube so I never opened the unit itself. I found a little sign of water leakage but I did not see any evidence of damage to any of the electrical components.

The bulb was definitely blown. I had to dump out the powder to make sure the bulb was bad. The bulb was not broken and the double helix tube was not broken. In fact, the water seemed to have come in through the screw holes from the outside and seemed very limited. Any help is appreciated as I have no idea where to go from here. Thanks for your efforts and have a great day.

Hopefully it will help many. Nowhere on the bulb box, on the bulb, or in the Turbo-Twist documentation is there any mention of Kelvin rating. I sure don't, and I've never used a U. I would contact the manufacturer to get specific information. If these bulbs are usable I'll be happy to send the link to the supplier! Good luck! First, I contacted a bunch of folks as you suggested. Second, I remembered my college physics I started out in astrophysics before becoming an expert in Russian Politics.

The first proved useless for the most part. Even the manufacturer had no answer. So they will not have a Kelvin rating. The bulbs mentioned in the post and that list for just a few dollars are in opaque mostly white tubes that filter out much of the UV light.

That makes sense I can tell you that the tubes used for U. They are primarily used in the medical profession and in other select applications, such as ours. This is what makes them cost more. Lots of folks will be happy to spend so much less on these bulbs. CSL Sterilizer and marine stocking Hi. I sent this message earlier but didn't get a reply or see it in the daily FAQs.

I suspect it didn't make it to you. Sorry if you end up with two very similar sounding emails! I have been happy with its performance and would like to repair it. Problem is, since the company has gone under, I have no source for parts or info. Apparently some water got into the ballast assembly and corroded the leads off.

An easy enough repair job. However, there is a small component which looks like a type of bi-metallic over temp protector but unlike any I have ever seen built into a small bulb. I have done several searches using everything I can think of and have come up with nothing. Do you know of someone I could contact, possibly an ex-employee of CSL or someone who has ran into the same problem for information on this part?

I would contact Perry Tishgart of Champion Lighting re I am curious as to why since although both will get quite large, neither do a lot of swimming. They are both lazy and are either hanging out in their caves, begging for food, or fluttering aimlessly around.

Is it a question of filtration or merely confinement? If it is impossible to keep them, at what point in inches should I start thinking about relocation?

Thanks for the great site and information. However, I was unable to find anything regarding my current problem. I am sure that you can help Got a Coralife 9W U. V sterilizer that the bulb burned out after only four months of use. No problem I thought. So I replaced the bulb and now this new bulb only lasted two weeks.

I checked the UV casing to make sure that no water was somehow or another getting inside. It checked out okay. So I am faced with either electrical problems or possibly a bad ballast? Next most likely cause Rainbow-Lifegard now Pentair had some real doozies back when Send the whole unit back to I would NOT fool with the unit myself.

Any advice would be more than helpful. To my misfortune, this seller store is no longer available. Can you direct me to an ESU that you earlier advised as an avenue for repair? Call them. It took a couple of calls before anyone responded back. Then I was promised that a new ballast for the Coralife 9 watt would be shipped out to me immediately.

Well its been 6 weeks and nothing has been resolved. No new ballast ever received! I really liked the ideal of nothing to break-down nor need replacing and its money back guarantee. So I decided to try one out. I'm so glad I did. This thing is great. Within a day, my water had a super polish look and my fish are much more active.

Its only been up and running for about a month, but so far the algae on my glass has needed less wiping and my water is still incredibly crystal clear. And I can't get over the added liveliness of my fish. From the looks of things, I won't ever need it anymore. But I do appreciate your help in trying to resolve that problem.

In a strange way, I'm kind of glad it all happened the way it did, otherwise I may not have ever even tried the ECO-Aqualizer. UV light repair dear sirs am not sure if i have the right company but i have a pond clear advance uv30 that's a little over 12 months old the white connecters on each end of the tube have corroded and i wondered if it was possible to get some from anywhere i would be grateful if you could help me in this matter.

You may use my name in reference. The light is emanating from the nylon white adapters causing them to glow. Will the nylon break down due to the UV light?? I find it a good idea to replace these fittings about once a year, or approximately every two lamp replacement cycles And a likely-unnecessary warning We had an ice storm here in MD yesterday and things are getting back to normal. Here is the response I got form Tetra about the unit. I also called Aquanetics and the bulbs they had they weren't sure if it would fit my unit, plus they were not familiar with my unit.