Skippy Filter man says....

Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV
if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this?

On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:30:00 GMT, "FBCS" wrote:

Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my UV
if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this?

Depending on pond type, many people find with a Skippy filter, or a filter
like mine, they don't need their UV after a couple of years, at least
that's what I'm guessing Skippy is talking about. ~ jan


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He said, if i understood correctly, that it would defeat the purpose of the
filter to have a UV.
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
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On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:30:00 GMT, "FBCS" wrote:

Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my
UV
if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this?

Depending on pond type, many people find with a Skippy filter, or a filter
like mine, they don't need their UV after a couple of years, at least
that's what I'm guessing Skippy is talking about. ~ jan


See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

They state per website "This is a bio-Logical filter, therefore all those
fancy UV's and other such stuff are useless. Actually usig a UV with a
biological filter is an oxymoron. The UV kills the bacteria along with the
algae spores and bacterium are one of the keys to make the biological
process happen."

I didn't want to create a stink I just don't understand. Everyone raves
about this filter and I want to use it as my falls. Joann
"FBCS" wrote in message
...
He said, if i understood correctly, that it would defeat the purpose of
the
filter to have a UV.
"~ jan JJsPond.us" wrote in message
...
On Wed, 13 Aug 2003 20:30:00 GMT, "FBCS" wrote:

Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of
my
UV
if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this?

Depending on pond type, many people find with a Skippy filter, or a
filter
like mine, they don't need their UV after a couple of years, at least
that's what I'm guessing Skippy is talking about. ~ jan


See my ponds and filter design:
http://users.owt.com/jjspond/

~Keep 'em Wet!~
Tri-Cities WA Zone 7a
To e-mail see website

"FBCS" wrote in message
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Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my
UV
if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this?

There are the pro UV people, many of them sell them, and there are the
anti UV people, most of them don't have them to sell. The UV will kill many
things that go through the UV, by attacking the DNA. Personally, I use UV
on my ponds because it adds a level of clarity that I cannot get without the
UV. The filter bacteria are a type of bacteria that requires an material to
anchor itself to, or so I am told. If it is anchored to the filter media,
rocks, liner, plant roots, pots, piping, etc., how is it supposed to get
into the flow of the UV. I think Skippy is probably trying to make people
think his filter is better than it is. The filter is a good filter, but all
filters can be overloaded with too many fish, or too big of fish or both.
The first thing to go is generally the clarity of the pond, then the other
water quality issues.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

It's easy to see what UV's do when you have them in aquariums. A lot of
aquariums have white cloudy water. This is caused by bacterial blooms. With
UV you dont get them and therefore your water isn't cloudy. Also my tanks
that are highly stocked with fish that have NO UV have green water. It's not
soupy, just green. It started with one tank and got transfered to the rest
because I use the same buckets to change water, etc. My tanks with UV do not
get green water. So in a nut shell UV in aquariums fix the two biggest
complaints aquarium people have. Green and white cloudy water.

Sam

"RichToyBox" wrote in message
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"FBCS" wrote in message
...
Man from Skippy filter (maybe Skippy, I don't know) say to get rid of my
UV
if I use his filter. Can someone expound on this?

There are the pro UV people, many of them sell them, and there are the
anti UV people, most of them don't have them to sell. The UV will kill
many
things that go through the UV, by attacking the DNA. Personally, I use UV
on my ponds because it adds a level of clarity that I cannot get without
the
UV. The filter bacteria are a type of bacteria that requires an material
to
anchor itself to, or so I am told. If it is anchored to the filter media,
rocks, liner, plant roots, pots, piping, etc., how is it supposed to get
into the flow of the UV. I think Skippy is probably trying to make people
think his filter is better than it is. The filter is a good filter, but
all
filters can be overloaded with too many fish, or too big of fish or both.
The first thing to go is generally the clarity of the pond, then the other
water quality issues.
--
RichToyBox
http://www.geocities.com/richtoybox/pondintro.html

"Sam Hopkins" wrote in message
.. .
It's easy to see what UV's do when you have them in aquariums. A lot of
aquariums have white cloudy water. This is caused by bacterial blooms.
With
UV you dont get them and therefore your water isn't cloudy. Also my tanks
that are highly stocked with fish that have NO UV have green water. It's
not
soupy, just green. It started with one tank and got transfered to the rest
because I use the same buckets to change water, etc. My tanks with UV do
not
get green water. So in a nut shell UV in aquariums fix the two biggest
complaints aquarium people have. Green and white cloudy water.
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My only aquarium problem is algae on the glass. If someone could solve that.
I'd be overjoyed.

BV.

that algae is a nitrate sponge and if your power goes out it will soak up some
wastes. it is a good buffer and when nice green the fish actually look good against
it. for the front glass use an aquarium sponge with a capful of peroxide on it.
Ingrid

"BenignVanilla" wrote:
My only aquarium problem is algae on the glass. If someone could solve that.
I'd be overjoyed.


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In article , "BenignVanilla"
writes:

My only aquarium problem is algae on the glass. If someone could solve that.
I'd be overjoyed.


Absolutely no sun on the tank. In Houston, my tank was out of the sun
completely, here in Ohio it gets morning sun ,tho very slight, on it and my
glass has green growing on it within a week. I have no place to put it in this
house where it's out of the sun unless I put it in a closet g.
Karen
Zone 5
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"BenignVanilla" wrote in message
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My only aquarium problem is algae on the glass. If someone could solve
that.
I'd be overjoyed.

Heck, I was happy when I got my algae to turn a pretty and healthy green
instead of icky brownish.

AngrieWoman