Via Aqua Skimmer

[Fally]

I am looking at buying a Via Aqua Skimmer with a built-in UV Sterilizer. Does anyone use this? I have seen one working at my LFS and it seemed to be working well.

I was hoping that someone here used or had used one in the past. Here is a link to the product:

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewI...dproduct=VA2313

Is this a decent skimmer? I know everyone loves the ASM's, Remora's and Euro Reef's but I haven't seen any for sale around here and I hate ordering stuff. I also thought it would be great to have the UV.


Thanks!

[dakar]

The UV is going to stir up some debates, we employed one on our system for a solid six months (the tube finallly gave up) but I can't say either way if it was beneficial to the tank or not as there were no obvious signs. The only reason we employed it was from fear of a newly added sailfin tang that was showing signs of shipping stress (we didn't have a large enough quarentine tank to house her in).

Sorry no experience here with that brand of skimmer, however your link was hosed... Here is a working link to the product page;

http://www.marinedepot.com/md_viewItem.asp?idproduct=VA2313

[Fally]

I guess the UV is supposed to kill algea in the water. I don't think I am going to get this skimmer though. I found a few posts around the net talking about it being loud and putting lots of micro bubbles in the water.