Do I really need a UV light in my pond?
If you ask 10 pond people the UV light question, you will probably get 2o different answers.
I am not a UV light fan so I may be the wrong person to ask.
The UV lights do kill some of the green water algae but also kill the beneficial bacteria as well. They have zero impact on string (mossy) algae.
If you have a well balanced ecosystem with mechanical (skimmer) filtration and biological (BioFalls) filtration and do the following correctly:
• Aeration
• Not too many fish
• Don’t overfeed the fish
• Plenty of plants for shade and competing with the algae for nutrients
• Correctly sized pump (Turn the water a MINIMUM of once per hour)
You should not need a UV light if you are doing the above properly. If you have some string algae, an IonGen only takes 1 watt and completely controls string algae.
I am not a UV light fan so I may be the wrong person to ask.
The UV lights do kill some of the green water algae but also kill the beneficial bacteria as well. They have zero impact on string (mossy) algae.
If you have a well balanced ecosystem with mechanical (skimmer) filtration and biological (BioFalls) filtration and do the following correctly:
• Aeration
• Not too many fish
• Don’t overfeed the fish
• Plenty of plants for shade and competing with the algae for nutrients
• Correctly sized pump (Turn the water a MINIMUM of once per hour)
You should not need a UV light if you are doing the above properly. If you have some string algae, an IonGen only takes 1 watt and completely controls string algae.
If all else fails, by all means try a UV light. Make sure that you match up the proper size pump to the UV. If you have too big a pump for the UV light, the water will pass through too quickly and not be effective