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[font color="#000080"] Anybody....?? I can't believe nobody knows anything about this sterilizer.... did I buy a lemon??

Patty [/font]

[font color="#000080"]I find it hard to believe nobody knows anything about a Jebo sterilizer.....

Hellooooo.... anybody out there?? Do you have a picture so I can "see" how I need to set it up??? I got a description from the seller (the guy who sold it to me - eBay), but his English is hard to understand. I need a pic....

Patty [/font]

i couldnt find a manual online but i found a few websites that might be able to help you,
http://champkoi.com/ultraviolet/jebo.html
http://www.jebo.com.cn/html/contact.html to contact jebo
hope that helps (hth)
james

[font color="#000080"] Bless you!!! I'll give it a shot!

Patty [/font]

Patty,

I purchased one of these units when I set up my 125G. The unit leaked at the glue welds. Long story made short is that all seven of the units at the pet store leaked in the same place...

I purchased the Twist sterilizer. It doesn't leak and it works.

Last edited by bob wesolowski at 24-Mar-2005 15:32

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[font color="#000080"]ohhhh.... are you serious???? that makes me sick..... When I finally get it set up, I sure hope it works half way decently!!! I am still trying to figure it out...

Patty[/font]

[font color="#000080"]Hi everyone! I recently purchased a Jebo UV-H9 and for the life of me, I just can't figure out how to put it together....:#( Ok, please, don't say I am dumb... IT DID NOT COME WITH ANY INSTRUCTIONS WHATSOEVER. :#( There is a pic on the box, but that doesn't tell me much. It also came with a powerhead. ??? Can anybody tell me where to put it, what hooks up to what, and where in the world to put the powerhead?? I mean, I already have an Empire Filter in my tank so I'm not sure... help!!!! :%)

.... do these people enjoy making me feel stupid or what???? :#(

Patty

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Frank, the Jebo has a mounting bracket in the kit. The bracket secures the unit but it snaps in and out without a problem for maintenance.

Di, a UV unit can kill tank nasties, bacteria, protozoa, and others, as well as algae spores. Nothing to hurt the plants or the fish unless your plants are reproducing by spores... or other items that may flow through your sterilizer.



__________
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research."
researched from Steven Wright

Are UV sterilizers good for planted tanks? I thought it had some adverse effect on planted tanks - yes or no?

Hi,
The idea of a UV light is to kill off living things.
It will kill bacteria, ich, and any algae spoors that
are drawn through it. It will not kill anything such as
algae that is living on the glass of the tank. If you
have any water borne disease, or parasite, it will kill it
as well as probably any fry drawn through it (another reason
to have it on the output of the filter system).
Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

[font color="#000080"]... as a side note, I'm a breeder so I don't want to get a pleco or algae eating fish because I'm afraid they will/can eat eggs/fry. Any truth/comments on that??....

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[font color="#000080"]This has been set up for a while (4 years). I recently switched to real plants so I have new lights and a timer: on at 7am and off at 10pm (the plant people told me the plants needed lots of light). I hear about Nitrates, but my water readings are well at normal parameters. I was overfeeding, though. I am feeding only once a day now, but I'm afraid any fry won't get a chance to make it....(when the big fish are hungry they go for anything that moves!), besides, my fish mostly spawn when there's ample food so I don't really know what to do....

Patty [/font]

Brown algae often hits newer tanks before the green comes. It also hits tanks that have lower lighting, and tanks that have high silicates. That can come from fish food.

How many hours a day are you lighting and how long has the tank been set up? Maybe it is that simple.

[font color="#000080"]Hurray!! I did it!!! My JEBO is up and running. I hope it does everything it's supposed to do.

I do have a lot of brown algae, though, and upon doing some soul searching and internet researching, I've come to the conclusion that it's primarily because of overfeeding. I've cut down to once a day (though my fish are looking at me like: "is she mad at us...??" but it's for their own good.

Anybody has comments/experience with brown algae?? I've been told that if I want something killed by the UV, it must be scraped off the walls... does that mean that any algae excess can be killed if I scrape it off the walls??

I am so looking forward to seeing this little apparatus do it's magic!

Patty [/font]

[font color="#000080"]Thanks Frank!!! I will keep all that in mind!

Patty [/font]

Hi,
Just a couple of comments on UVs in general.

First, they are designed, and intended to be, run 24/7/365
and not turned on and off daily. The only way they work
is with them running and the only way they work effectively
is if they are left running all the time except for
maintenance.
Which brings me to the second comment. They should always
be placed in the output of the filtration system. That way
prefiltered water is run through them instead of raw tank
water. Eventually a film builds up around the glass sleeve
on the tank water side, and it should be cleaned off on a
regular basis. As the film builds up, the effectiveness of
the bulb decreases. Most of the quality UV systems are
easily "disassembled" for regular maintenance, and all come
with the caution to never look at an operating bulb, it will
damage your eyes. Depending upon the manufacturers
instructions, the bulb should be changed every 6 months
or every 12 months to maintain effectivenss.
If you run "raw" tank water through the system, then it
will foul faster and loose its effectivenes quicker.

Lastly, if yours is on that can be disassembled to replace
the UV bulb, I would not bolt it to the cabinet, or if I
did, I would use "U" bolts and perhaps wing nuts so that
I could easily take the assembly out of the cabinet for
cleaning.

Frank


-->>> The Confidence of Amateurs, is the Envy of Professionals <<<--

Patty,

The unit is reasonably easy to set up. If you have a cannister filter, you can place it in-line either on the intake or output line of the filter. I placed mine of the output side. It runs on the same cycle as my lighting.

Do mount the unit on the inside of your aquarium cabinet to keep it secure.

__________
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism; to steal from many is research."
researched from Steven Wright