UV sterilizer tubing positioning and help - Equipment

NeonFlux · 07-05-2009, 10:02 PM

I am using a 11 Watt Jebo UV Sterilizer with my eheim's 2217 canister outtake 1/2" tubing. Does it matter where the tubing is going through the UV? Should the water find their way to the UV light and into the tank? Or the water finds the light from the back and escapes the light and into to the tank? Because I am doing the escaping.... Is this 11 watt Jebo UV sterilizer even effective with my Eheim 2217 in a 60 gallon tank? Is the water flow too fast? Can anybody confirm? Any help would greatly be appreciated.

NeonFlux · 07-06-2009, 12:08 AM

This is how it works for me.

NeonFlux · 07-06-2009, 12:50 AM

Eh, bought myself a Turbo-Twist 9 watt. It should do the trick. Lol the jebo is useless now.

Veloth · 07-06-2009, 03:35 AM

The few times I've used my Turbo-Twist it worked great.

NeonFlux · 07-06-2009, 03:33 PM

Without doing research, my Eheim 2217's GPH (Gallons Per Hour) max is 264 while the 9 watt turbo twist can handle 200 GPH.....

Question is.....does it matter?

Veloth · 07-07-2009, 04:07 AM

I don't have a Eheim filter but if 264 gph is the max output, it's probably putting out less than that. My turbo twist cleared my green water over night hooked to a Mag 350. If you're trying to kill bacteria or a parasite you may need to slow the flow to allow for more dwell time.