Algae control (uv pond filters) needs hardly any maintenance.

Ultraviolet light pond clarifiers or sterilizers will give you guaranteed clear water so long as the ultraviolet light sterilizers source is changed once per year to ensure good algae control. The quartz tube should also be cleaned annually.

Pond algae control using uv sterilizer gives clear water

Pond algae control using uv sterilizers pond lights is simple and absolute. However the uv sterilizers lamp has a finite life of around 8,000 hours. After this length of operating time uv pond filters as they are sometimes called stop radiating ultraviolet light.

Then it is time to change the lamp. At the same time check the quartz tube any build up of algea or pond salts should be removed by soaking the tube in dilute acid for a couple of hours.

UV sterilizers maintenance is really as simple as that.

If you find that your pond starts to go green before the year is up then check the quartz tube of the ultraviolet light sterilizer. Any build up of foreign matter on this surface will lower the efficiency of the ultraviolet light sterilizers very significantly.

You must change the uv sterilizers lamp to maintain pond algae control every year at least and perhaps. The lamp life is about 8,000 hours.

It is best to run uv sterilizers  24 hours per day but this is not critical.

UV light sterilizers are for  algae control

Algae control this way Will

Algae control this way Will NOT

Kill any algae exposed directly to the uv rays ie those pond algae circulating in the pond water

Kill any pond algae not exposed directly to the uv rays eg blanketweed (string algae control is not possible by UV light) , or pond algae attached to pond surfaces

Do the best job when designed to cope with the system installed

Kill bacteria or viruses. The design is such that pond units cannot reach sufficiently high radiation levels. Sterilisation uv units are required for this purpose.

Provide clear water when designed and installed correctly without any doubt so long as murkiness is due to presence of pond algae..

Normally effect medication so does not have to be switched off during treatment

 Improve your pond water dramatically by simple pond algae control

Do any harm to plants, fish or filter bacteria needed fro efficient nitrogen cycle functioning.