Odyssea UV Sterilizers ?

[Wild Turkey]

Anything wrong with them?

I noticed they arent nearly as expensive as other brands. I was thinking about picking one up, my lighting guy has them from $20 up. Seems to good to be true?

[Wild Turkey]

No one has one of these?

If anyone just wants to put in their two cents, here they are:

9w - [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

18w - [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

[tanks4thememories]

No one has one of these?

If anyone just wants to put in their two cents, here they are:

9w - [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]

18w - [Only Registered Users Can See Links.]


Sorry I have no exp with those. I swear by these however [Only Registered Users Can See Links.] ([Only Registered Users Can See Links.])

With the twisting effect you dramatically increase the contact time of the water with the UV lighting. The key with any UV however is the flow rate. Once you study what you are trying to kill then you can adjust your flow past the UV to take enough time to kill it...lol The biggest error people make with UV is to place it inline with a canister or other device which often has a GPH far too high to effectively kill anything. They are best installed with thier own pump and an adjustable flow rate. Then you simply fill a bucket with the return flow and time it to see how long it takes to reach 1 gallon. From there the math is simple to get the GPH and adjust as desired.

[MCHRKiller]

To many Odyssea horror stories floating around the web for me to ever be comfortable enough to use one or recommend using one. Buying a used nicer brand one would probably be the way to go if you wanted to save some cash.

[marinagina]

I don't have one but I must say that I have never heard a good word about them. I think you get what you pay for, and in this case it's junk. I have an internal UV sterilizer ([Only Registered Users Can See Links.]) and it was only about $60 and I have been very pleased with it, I think much more so than with an Odyssea. Just my 2 cents, good luck and let us know what you come up with.

[domjd05]

As with most cheaper UV sterilizers.. they say the bulbs last about a year.. but they don't.. if you run it 24/7, you may get 4 months out of before you notice it starting to go bad.

Also, the ballasts on the cheaper models are, you guessed it: cheaper, meaning that these while not often, can go bad after short amounts of time as well.

Just a note, on most of these cheaper models, the replacement bulbs are almost as much as the entire unit itself.

But on a positive note, they DO work at removing green water algae.

[Fins]

I think UV sterilizers are great. I have an internal unit that I can move from tank to tank as needed. Sure beats dumping chemicals on your fish IMO.

No clue about the Odyssea though. For the money you aren't out much if it doesn't work as you expect.

[j1nsx]

cheaper units use more expensive bulbs ? do a little research, most all differnt brands use the same bulbs, 9watt units use g23 base 18 watt & 36 watt use 2g11 base, this is true of odyssea, jebo, turbo twist, what bulbs and units are you talking about.