Emperor Smart UV 25 watt

Hi Tithra,

Thanks for the article! Can you tell us how deep the UV filter goes (how many inches vertically it hangs off the back)? We want to get one too, but don't know if it will fit on the back of our tank (we have two Aquaclear 110s on the back). I read on Goldfishconnection that one person fit the filter underneath their HOB filter. Do you think that's possible with an Aquaclear 110?

Also, how have you liked your UV filter since (your original post)?

Thanks!

Hi Tithra,

Thanks for the article! Can you tell us how deep the UV filter goes (how many inches vertically it hangs off the back)? We want to get one too, but don't know if it will fit on the back of our tank (we have two Aquaclear 110s on the back). I read on Goldfishconnection that one person fit the filter underneath their HOB filter. Do you think that's possible with an Aquaclear 110?

Also, how have you liked your UV filter since (your original post)?

Thanks!

I have this UV sterilizer as well, and I used it on my 75 gallon tank with two AC110's and it fit perfectly fine. It was indeed underneath one of the filters when I had it set up this way.

I was wondering if any of you (perhaps with UV sterilizers in general) have had problems with cycle bumps? We seem to get a bump whenever we turn on our sterilizer, but it was my understanding UV sterilizers shouldn't affect cycles because all the good bacteria is in the filter media (and not the water) anyway. It could just be coincidental, but for example, when the sterilizer was off while we Prazi'ed, no problems. When we turned it back on after Prazi'ing, bump .

Also, separately, it seems to affect our water temperature, increasing it to about 76-78, but I figure that's okay since it will stabilize there and it's not too high.

Is this adjustable at all? My acrylic tank has limited open spaces at the rim for the pvc tubes.

No, it's really not adjustable. The input/output placement are fixed. Let me know if you want measurements of how far apart they are

I was wondering if any of you (perhaps with UV sterilizers in general) have had problems with cycle bumps? We seem to get a bump whenever we turn on our sterilizer, but it was my understanding UV sterilizers shouldn't affect cycles because all the good bacteria is in the filter media (and not the water) anyway. It could just be coincidental, but for example, when the sterilizer was off while we Prazi'ed, no problems. When we turned it back on after Prazi'ing, bump .

Also, separately, it seems to affect our water temperature, increasing it to about 76-78, but I figure that's okay since it will stabilize there and it's not too high.

I haven't had it effect my cycle, I have heard of this happening though with a very newly cycled tank. I also haven't noticed a change in temp, but I can imagine if the lights get hot it could effect the temp

WHOA $300 is kind of a lot more than I am willing to spend. Is there anything else that would still be good enough to be worth getting?

WHOA $300 is kind of a lot more than I am willing to spend. Is there anything else that would still be good enough to be worth getting?

I know several people here have the green killing machine UV's and are happy with them they are much more affordable

Ahhhh that's much better! So wait, I still don't get how they work, sorry. Do they have like a separate "filter" pump but instead of filtering it UVs? And it like pumps the water thru the sterilizer? Some people are talking about loud pumps...do you know if the green machine pump is quiet? Thanks for your patience, I have never seen one of these in action before!

Ahhhh that's much better! So wait, I still don't get how they work, sorry. Do they have like a separate "filter" pump but instead of filtering it UVs? And it like pumps the water thru the sterilizer? Some people are talking about loud pumps...do you know if the green machine pump is quiet? Thanks for your patience, I have never seen one of these in action before!

the one I have has a pump that is inside the aquarium that attaches to the input of the UV and pumps water through the UV. I could also set it up to be inline with a canister filter (so that there is no pump required, the canister basically acts as the pump and pushes water through the UV before it returns to the tank), however it is difficult to find a canister filter that runs a low enough gph so that the water is going through the UV slowly enough to be effective.

The green machine I unfortunately know nothing about, so I am no help there! Perhaps start a thread asking about that one specifically? I know there are people here that have them

Ahhhh that's much better! So wait, I still don't get how they work, sorry. Do they have like a separate "filter" pump but instead of filtering it UVs? And it like pumps the water thru the sterilizer? Some people are talking about loud pumps...do you know if the green machine pump is quiet? Thanks for your patience, I have never seen one of these in action before!

the one I have has a pump that is inside the aquarium that attaches to the input of the UV and pumps water through the UV. I could also set it up to be inline with a canister filter (so that there is no pump required, the canister basically acts as the pump and pushes water through the UV before it returns to the tank), however it is difficult to find a canister filter that runs a low enough gph so that the water is going through the UV slowly enough to be effective.

The green machine I unfortunately know nothing about, so I am no help there! Perhaps start a thread asking about that one specifically? I know there are people here that have them

Ok, thank you for your help

I feel really dumb because I'm not familiar with any of this topic. Your video was nice and you showed us how you hooked it all up. That is a lot of money considering it's more then my aquarium. I'm going to have to do some reading on this. I saw you had your AC on the back still.