benifits of UV sterilizers and Ozonizers

[lsplitte]

Is there really any benefit between UV sterilizers or Ozonizers. Can they be used together, alone or at all.

 

[Anonymous]

Depends on your setup, both UV and O3 can be totally useless to marginally beneficial. Tell us more about your setup, and I will gladly offer my slightly biased opinion to you.

 

[lsplitte]

It is a 29 gallon-reef. No external filtration, 4 power heads operated with red-sea wavemaker, 40 lbs of live rock, live sand as bottom substrate, sea clone skimmer in sump and 250-watt metal halide pendant.

 

[Anonymous]

For a small tank, it is better to go with UV and O3-less setup unless you want a FO setup that looks like a sardine can with overstocked fishes.