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    Posted: December 01 2008 at 4:42pm
I am looking to purchase an internal UV setup for my tank, I have a petsmart gift card to use up, and they are selling two different ones.

Is there a such thing as a too much when it comes to UV? They have 9 watt for $49, and a 26 watt for $59! It would be bouncing between my 15 and my 37 gallon tanks, is there a watt per gallon rule to stay within?
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A 24 watt UV sterilizer for $59 is a steal.  What is your goal for the UV, killing algae or parasite control.  Either way definitely go with the 24w, run your flow through very slowly 100-200 gph or less for parasite control.
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 I think I have the 9w turbo twist on my 120 and I only ran it a few hours a day because when I ran it 24hr my pod population almost completely died off.   So I would say that technically the 9w one would do the job, However for the price I would get the 24w one. 
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Went ahead and did the 9w, It was actually $39... It's an internal setup, and come with the powerhead and everything. 

They have great deals on these!
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