uv or not uv?

[i've got crabs]

im thinking of adding a uv light and just want to know peoples opinions on them good and bad. Im thinking its a sure way to kill pretty much everything that passes it including all the good stuff, which dose not seem like a good idea.

 

[reeffreak]

Pros-
Reduces micro-algae
Lessons Ich outbreaks especially if you keep sickly fish like tangs

Cons-
Kills everything that passes it including fauna.

For me,the bad outweighs the good.I need the fauna to survive the trip back to the display from the refugium(at least some of it) for the fishes including a mandarin and to feed the corals and other life that lives in the rocks and sand.Proper QT will prevent disease outbreaks and UV really don't prevent that just reduces some of them.

 

[i've got crabs]

tanks for the reply
thats kinda what im thinking
im new to this so you myfind this a dumb question but what is QT

 

[yote]

+1 Reef
QT is short for quarantine tank.

 

[OhNoNemo]

+2 reef...Qting is 50/50 here,some do, some don't...you'll have to weigh the pros and cons yourself..(me...DO:D)

 

[Bifferwine]

I don't use a UV. I think it can do more harm than good in a reef tank, where you have so many animals that depend on things in the water as their food.

 

[Piratefish]

I ran mine for a week and disconnected it. Thank god it came with the tank and I didnt buy it.

 

[i've got crabs]

i think ill pass on uv. thanks to all

 

[saltwater king]

with my experience only the acetic white/blue work well especially with Coraline algae i have a UV and a t5 Coralife bulb and it works awsome