Coralife 77071 6X Turbo Twist UV Sterilizer

The Turbo Twist unit is well worth the money. I had quite a few parasites that kept coming back and each time I had to spend the money on medicines to rid of them. It got to be a real pain in the butt. With other UV sterilizers on the market and not sure which one to purchase, I took a gamble and bought the Turbo Twist. I have had the unit about 2 years now and can't think of a time since then that I have had problems with diseases or parasites. The product does what it is intended to do. You must have the appropriate water flow from your filter in order for it to work properly though. I have mine installed on my canister filter and it works excellent. It also comes with a nice bracket system so that you can either use the suction cups or screw it into your aquarium stand. I simply screwed the bracket into my aquarium cabinet on the inside so that it is not visible. I also installed quick-disconnects on each end so that I can clean the unit easily without having to dismantle the entire filtration setup. I hope this information helps your decision-making. I highly recommend!!!

Great product, well worth the money. Set up is quick and painless, minor plumbing (tubing) modifications needed to make it work with my Eheim Ecco filter. My Corals look very happy and I am too.

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I have owned and used the turbo-twist 6x UV pond sterilizer for 6 months. I've had a lot of difficulty with it, and today it sprang its final leak and is going into the trash. The basic problem is poor quality materials, aggravated by inadequate engineering. Here's what happened:

I used this for a 130gal indoor fishtank. It was mounted under the tank in an equipment enclosure, so any leak potentially can drain the tank through siphoning, even with the pump off. I initially had it mounted in a horizontal position, inline with a 400gal/hour canister filter.

On first install I noticed that the hose fittings are not good: they are supposed to seal the hose by screwing a ring outwards against the hose, squeezing it over a bulge (tang) on the male fitting. However, the ring isn't long enough to achieve this purpose, which is odd. I used high quality Eheim hose and the ring didn't even touch the hose before coming off the threads. Ok fine, I added my own hose clamps and moved on. Next the mounting brackets broke, like almost immediately. They, and most of the rest of the unit, are made of a flimsy and brittle black plastic that breaks under a small amount of stress. The design of the mounting brackets is such that this stress is very likely to occur except possibly under some ideal circumstances (which don't exist in a small under tank space). I jury-rigged my own mounting and kept going.

Within a few weeks the unit had stopped working (as monitored by the indicator light, and the resurgence of algae in the tank). After some investigation I discovered that the UV bulb was not seated properly in the socket. I spent a lot of time and effort working on this, trying to find better ways of seating the bulb, but the metal clip that's supposed to hold it in is...flimsy and weak! Eventually I changed to a vertical mounting position with the socket on the bottom: this is not a manufacturer recommended position, but it's the only way the bulb would stay seated and keep electrical contact. It still went out ocsassionally if it got bumped while cleaning the filters, and then I needed to jiggle it gently to get it to light again.

Today the entire unit started to leak rapidly, which I discovered when a puddle began spreading from under the tank stand. On investigation, the body seal had failed. As I was examining the unit, gently trying to tighten it to reseal, the entire body split: the black plastic housing appears to be even weaker and more brittle now than when installed, maybe due to UV exposure?

I was initially happy that this unit did indeed kill algae, but it caused me a lot of frustration and turned out to be highly unsatisfactory. I recommend avoiding all models in this line.

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I HAVE A 240 GALLON FISH TANK THAT I HAVE HAD FOR OVER 20 YEARS. I HAVE FISH LIVE IN THIS TANK MUCH!!!! LONGER THAN ANYONE I KNOW. I HAVE HAD MY TANK UP AND RUNNING WHEN MY STERILIZERS WERE OUT OF COMMISSION AND I SEE A DRASTIC DIFFERENCE IN THE QUALITY OF THE WATER AND THE QUALITY OF THE FISH. I THINK THIS IS A BIT ON THE EXPENSIVE SIDE BUT A GOOD PRODUCT.

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I tried all sorts of chemicals to clear up the green water in my tank (72 gallons), but none of them worked. So I bought this and a day later everything was crystal clear. Wonderful product.