A little O3 advice please

[xvinnyax74]

Jar... I read on a different forum which had alot more about O3 and was under the understanding that a skimmer and a reactor were about the same at hobby grade, but a reactor is much more effcient. I am only using a 100mg an hour. Bob Fenner (Author) I believe his name is, from another board wrote a bunch on this topic. He stated that the amount of Ozone by a hobby grade Ozone generator is not enought to cause harm, but caution should always be advised. (Harm to use humans I mean, Ozone can be deadly to fish, and above 400 ORP will begin to burn the fish) Aqua C skimmers are supposed to be extremely Ozone resistant and they also make an over flow container with a carbon cup which I probably will purchase to filter the air a little better.

I went back and forth about using a reactor. Part of me wish I had. I also had plans for building a custom one.

I do smell some ozone so I will change things up to better filter the exiting air.

I could plug the hole and just still get a reactor, but then my wife who think I spend to much $$ already with become a nuclear reactor.



Vinny (Still at work)

 

[Jar*Head]

I know who Bob Fenner is and i spent hours in his website reading about ozone and how to properly introduce it into an aquarium. I agree with a little bit of ozone will not be harmful to human but if you have the ozone residue in your tank due to the lack of proper way to remove ozone on the output of your skimmer then it will kill some fish.

I totally understand how you feel cuz my wife feel the same way about my setup. But that is what they do best...

 

[HndMafia]

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I could plug the hole and just still get a reactor, but then my wife who think I spend to much $$ already with become a nuclear reactor.



Vinny (Still at work)

Vinny--just get rid of the wife, made my life a lot more peaceful and now no one complains when I buy more reef stuff or put my motorcycle in the living room

 

[xvinnyax74]

Ok So I finally get a chance to take some quick pics and post them. They only allow 600 x 600 so They might be small. I'll try my best.

First pic is how I was told to drill the skimmer and insert the ozone air tube. Then seal it with some silicone.

Next one is my homemade chinese food container carbon container. I put the run off from the skimmer into this continer which has a few holes drilled in the bottom. Then In the container I have a bag of carbon folded in half which fits perfectly inside. The water has to flow through it to get back into the tank. Very cheap and if the ozone were even getting to this point and were to destroy the plastic I would not care and just order wonton soup and like magic I have another.

And Just a shot of my crowded cabinet from afar. As you can see I am using Aqua C over flow container which comes with a little carbon cup to filter the air of any residual ozone.

After A bit I'll let you know if my ICH problem has been affected by the introduction of ozone.

Wish me luck..

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

After reading many articles I noticed that a good skimmer and reactor is about equal in how well it delivers O3. A pressurized reactor should in theory work a little better, but the amount of ozone we are using is burned up in a good skimmer and the third Oxygen is dispersed easily into the water.

FWIW, I do not believe that is true at all. The contact time is too short and it is also hard to deal with the high flow of a typical skimmer in terms of carbon treatment.

I discuss such issues here:

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 1: Chemistry and Biochemistry
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-03/rhf/index.php

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 2: Equipment and Safety
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/rhf/index.php

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 3: Changes in a Reef Aquarium upon Initiating Ozone
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-05/rhf/index.php