UV and Probiotic Bacteria

[swordstool]

Maybe this is a noob question, but is it pointless to add some kind of probiotic bacteria (e.g. Tropical Marine Max) if I'm running UV, i.e., will the UV just end up killing/damaging the probiotic bacteria along with the 'bad' bacteria? Don't know if it matters, but I'm running a 125g FOWLR with a Coralife Turbo Twist 6X UV Sterilizer.

 

[danbstrong]

Maybe this is a noob question, but is it pointless to add some kind of probiotic bacteria (e.g. Tropical Marine Max) if I'm running UV, i.e., will the UV just end up killing/damaging the probiotic bacteria along with the 'bad' bacteria? Don't know if it matters, but I'm running a 125g FOWLR with a Coralife Turbo Twist 6X UV Sterilizer.

Uv will kill anything that passes thru in the water column provided it goes thru at appropriate rate

 

[swordstool]

So there's probably no point in doing both, and I'd assume running UV would be better?

 

[danbstrong]

So there's probably no point in doing both, and I'd assume running UV would be better?

I like the uv it kills algae spores and deseases parasites and such it doesnt harm beneficial bacteria because bb lives on the rock not in the water column i