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i3oosted
Sun, 27th Oct 2013, 10:18 PM
Looking at getting a UV sterilizer and saw this external filter with one(9w) and was wondering if it was any good?

http://www.techntoy.com/SunSun-HW-404B-External-Canister-Sterilizer/dp/B00C91OTL4?field_availability=-1&field_browse=3378747011&id=SunSun+HW-404B+External+Canister+Sterilizer&ie=UTF8&refinementHistory=brandtextbin%2Csubjectbin%2Cpric e&searchNodeID=3378747011&searchPage=1&searchRank=salesrank&searchSize=12
Big_Pun
Sun, 27th Oct 2013, 10:22 PM
this for a reef tank or fish only?
rrasco
Sun, 27th Oct 2013, 10:22 PM
I had one of those, without the UV upgrade. It's an okay canister, the baskets are cheap and broke on me, but it ran well enough as a canister filter. I only used it on FW years ago though and can't speak the to the effectiveness of the UV.
i3oosted
Sun, 27th Oct 2013, 10:27 PM
this for a reef tank or fish only?
reef tank

Also, am I supposed to purchase a separate pump for this filter or do they come with one? Sorry, never had an external before, just HOB.
Big_Pun
Sun, 27th Oct 2013, 10:54 PM
reef tank

Also, am I supposed to purchase a separate pump for this filter or do they come with one? Sorry, never had an external before, just HOB.

if this your primary filtration i would get a sump and run a fuge, its nice to have a place to put a skimmer, heater, and refugium. if your tank is not drilled you can always get a hang on back over flow
i3oosted
Sun, 27th Oct 2013, 11:18 PM
if this your primary filtration i would get a sump and run a fuge, its nice to have a place to put a skimmer, heater, and refugium. if your tank is not drilled you can always get a hang on back over flow
I'm currently building a 20g sump/refugium for my 75. Currently running a HOB AC110 and a HOB reef Octopus thats been great. I'm either going to go with a DIY overflow or a lifereef overflow(tank is already setup, cant drill).

My main concern was running a UV sterilizer that I would need to get a pump for anyways so I was thinking a canister filter with carbon/GFO and put the UV inline with the canister filter w/ carbon/GFO/whatever else I want to use.

I've been researching and that sunsun canister filter is meh, but Eheims and the Marinelands come highly recommended.