Yeah it'll stop bacterial blooms and help kill ich parasites. It doesnt kill
anything you need for your pond.

Everyone who's gotten a UV light usually posts, "I CANT BELIEVE I'VE LIVED
SO LONG WITHOUT ONE."



"Susan H. Simko" wrote in message
...
The s.o.'s parents keep insisting that I will need a UV light on my
pond. I keep telling them that I don't want one. (They're willing to
buy it.) The pond is clear now and has been except for the first algae
blush that one gets with new water/new pond. (Pond's been in for three
months - fish are healthy, plants are happy, and all the other critters
seem to be ecstatic.) Is there any other reason to get a UV filter
aside for algae control?

I've been more or less told I'm stubborn. (Well, yeah. *grin*) My
feeling is that a UV filter will kill things other than bad algae and if
one does not need one to control algae, that they should be avoided.

What say you all?

Susan
shsimko at duke dot edu