Buy based on flow rate of pump or filter, not size of tank
Easily the best design for a UV sterilizer, my only complaint is that according to their manual if you want to kill parasites or even algae you need to buy based on the flow rate of your pump not tank size. I have a 180 Gph Fluval G3 and at that rate I'd need a 12x to kill parasites and a 6x if I was only interested in killing algae. The 3x which I have needs a flow rate of 120 Gph to kill algae for example. Some very important information I found no where other than the manual which wasn't available prior to purchase. If your going to buy one, I wouldn't buy less than a 6x. Took a star off for not making this information more readily available.
Love this unit!
I just set this up. The hardest part was finding an external pump to power it. I put this on a 28 gallon nanocube and it was so hard finding a pump. I ended up getting 900 Marineland 265gph external/internal pump and it works great. The plastic clips that supposed to latch on was cumbersome and I was not able to use them. I just did the hang off the back, actually hang off the side deal. If you buy tubing with the 900 Marineland, you will need exactly 3 feet of 1" tubing and about 3 feet of 5/8 tubing.
Best buy for my fish tank
This is the best purchase I've ever made for my 500 liters fresh water tank.
After just two days the water is crystal clear as if it had just been changed.
The only reason I'm not giving it 5 stars is that it does not come with a pump thus it must be installed in line with a sump or canister filter.
In my case, I installed it on my Fluval Canister outlet as I was afraid the flow rate of my sump would be too high.
It would be nice if it had an integrated pump with the ideal flow rate for it but it is still an excellent buy and does exactly what it says it does: gets your water really really clear!
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