Do UV filters kill pods?

I have a small 3 watt inline UV sterilizer which sees 1/2 of the water that goes through my pump. Will it kill the pods which go through it?

 

Typically, no. Pods are too large unless you have extremely low flow. It can sterilize them, however.

 

Thanks Bill - I'm pushing 264 Gph through the filter which should be okay. Wish it didn't sterilize them though.

 

If it is big enough it could. However, the bigger issue is it will kill their food source, killing them indirectly. 3W probably isn't big enough to do anything, to anything though, so, I probably wouldn't worry.

 

Thanks m2434

 

I don't even understand the point of using UV with that low wattage and the high flow going through it. I don't believer that will even kill off anything like vibriosis.

 

rayjay - I misposted the flow. It's only 214 Gph which is below the max recommended for the device of 225Gph. Thanks for catching that.

 

I would crank it down to a lower flow than that, perhaps around 50 to 75gph if you really want to accomplish anything. UV's are like skimmers, highly overrated for their efficiencies.
Also, you are only going to be working on "pelagic" type pathogens as "benthic" type pathogens never go through the UV and will not be controlled.
IMO, with no problems evident, I would opt for keeping the beneficial components alive as to killing off just some of the pathogens that will expire.