DUMB question about ozone, I'm sure.

[Jandree22]

Admittedly, I'm unfamiliar with Ozone except that I understand it helps bond organic yuckies in the water to enhance skimming... with the effect of making the water crystal clear. (so if anyone has a good link for me to read up on it, that'd be great).

I understand that ozonators are hooked up to ORP controller to monitor the levels. I don't have the play money right now to get these toys... but meanwhile we have one of those Ionic Breeze air fresheners. It's essentially an Ozone generator. How much harm, or good, would it be to have the output blow on the surface of my sump water? Honestly the air coming out of the Ionic breeze smells great because it's straight ozone, but it doesn't make a difference in a room, so I've been curious on this hacked up job making any kind of difference until I can get a dedicated system. I know it's a stretch, but I'm curious for thoughts


Also on the subject of Oxygen, about 1/2 of my water volume is in the basement, including the skimmer. I understand that O2 levels in basements are lower and some run their skimmer intake to the outside. Is there seriously enough benefit to warrant taking an airline to the outside of my basement? I'm curious on the source of the info about O2 levels in the basement being lower, not that I don't believe it, but just that I'd be interested to learn more.

 

[Tswifty]

I'm not familiar with ozone, but as far as hooking the skimmer output up to the outside air.

A member of the local reef club here recently did this, and only reported a boost in pH of .05 to .07. However after performing a mesh mod on the skimmer in combination with hooking it up to the outside air, he saw a significant increase in pH of .20 to .25

 

[crvz]

The levels of CO2 concentrations in a house can be pretty dynamic. I'm not really sure if it's the CO2 or O2 concentrations in the ambient air that impact the tank pH level, but I think it's more CO2 level. When I have a number of folks in the house (which is a pretty new construction), I can actually watch my tank pH fall in a matter of minutes just due to the increase of CO2 levels. Honestly, from 8.1 down to 7.7 or lower for the duration of the evening. So grabbing outside air would make sense in my case, and I've seriously considered it a number of times. It's just way to hot to plumb the intake through the attic right now!

 

[Jandree22]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13218276#post13218276 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crvz
The levels of CO2 concentrations in a house can be pretty dynamic. When I have a number of folks in the house (which is a pretty new construction), I can actually watch my tank pH fall in a matter of minutes just due to the increase of CO2 levels. Honestly, from 8.1 down to 7.7 or lower for the duration of the evening.

Yike, kinda shocking.