Group Buy - Ozone Setup
- Thread starter Marc Daniels
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I am really not too worried.
user48953
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LOL.. last i checked, ASM and ER skimmers used the same Sedra5000 pump and venturi lines.. but hey, i already have a table saw to cut that rubber tubing.
the box in the background is a cough-rebadged-Ranco single stage temperature controller i got from Marc along with the O3 buy.. it can be used for heating OR cooling functions; just not both at the same time.. i'd recommend the same one.
the box in the background is a cough-rebadged-Ranco single stage temperature controller i got from Marc along with the O3 buy.. it can be used for heating OR cooling functions; just not both at the same time.. i'd recommend the same one.
little_d
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Marc, thanks for putting this together.
I hooked it up a few last week, cleaned the probe with vinegar and measured my water, the number was low around 200 so I didn't set it up on a timer, a few days later some of sps bleached
I am shutting it off for now and will set it up on a timer when things recover.
I hooked it up a few last week, cleaned the probe with vinegar and measured my water, the number was low around 200 so I didn't set it up on a timer, a few days later some of sps bleached
I am shutting it off for now and will set it up on a timer when things recover.
Marc Daniels
Premium Member
Everything I've read says to go slow so you don't shock anything from either the water chemistrey change or the additional light penetration due to the clearer water.
I hope to get mine setup in the next week or so. Just too many projects in from of it.
Marc
I hope to get mine setup in the next week or so. Just too many projects in from of it.
Marc
Marc Daniels
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Snarky-
I just got mine setup a few days ago. I have my ORP set at 380 and it has no problem keeping it there. Have you tried rinsing the probe in white vinegar to see if that's the problem?
Marc
I just got mine setup a few days ago. I have my ORP set at 380 and it has no problem keeping it there. Have you tried rinsing the probe in white vinegar to see if that's the problem?
Marc
Marc Daniels
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I'm running 320 myself. Mine has only been running a few days. Be intersting to see if mine does the same thing.
Although in a few weeks I'll remove the ozone to go zeovit. The ozone wil be moved to my 46g seahorse tank. That's what I got it for. But man, in only 24hrs it has made my 300 water sparkling clear.
Marc
Although in a few weeks I'll remove the ozone to go zeovit. The ozone wil be moved to my 46g seahorse tank. That's what I got it for. But man, in only 24hrs it has made my 300 water sparkling clear.
Marc
Snarkys
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OK well i got an air dryer from a club member last night and it worked, my ORP is now 370ish. Problem is my skimmer doesn't like sucking air through the small hole on the enaly and then though the air dryer. really effects the efficiency of the skimmer.
I have to say I don't think this unit is as powerful as everyone thinks. everyone says it is 300mg/h but the unit says it is only 200 and if ya look at the hand book they send with it or the website the max it says it can produce is 165mg/h, even when fed with pure oxygen. however for most people with average sized tanks i think its better that it isn't as powerful as it states .
http://www.ozone.enaly.com/EOZ-300Y.htm
I think i may buy another one and "T" with with my other one so i don't have to use the air dryer and it will solve the small air inlet problem because there will be two holes to draw from. Had i known before i think i would have just purchased a larger more expensive unit but for now this will work and is no question the cheapest option. Just have to figure out if i want the one with the air pump or not : )
I have to say I don't think this unit is as powerful as everyone thinks. everyone says it is 300mg/h but the unit says it is only 200 and if ya look at the hand book they send with it or the website the max it says it can produce is 165mg/h, even when fed with pure oxygen. however for most people with average sized tanks i think its better that it isn't as powerful as it states .
http://www.ozone.enaly.com/EOZ-300Y.htm
I think i may buy another one and "T" with with my other one so i don't have to use the air dryer and it will solve the small air inlet problem because there will be two holes to draw from. Had i known before i think i would have just purchased a larger more expensive unit but for now this will work and is no question the cheapest option. Just have to figure out if i want the one with the air pump or not : )
user48953
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Snarkys said:
Are you saying you don't have a tee between the skimmer and enaly pump??.. there should be some form of tee in the middle so that the skimmer can pull fresh air when the enaly is off.. if you scroll back some on the thread, you'll see my DIY tee.. i've since purchased a $1 Watts nylon tee from Lowes and replaced the DIY version
Also, i remember reading a post about someone trying to bump efficiency by adding an air pump before the enaly and push air into its inlet.. the theory was since the O3 was created via a UV light source (instead of an arc) it shouldn't matter how much air flows across the light.. could be something to try if you have an old air pump.
Snarkys
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xdroccax said:
unit never turns off because it really never gets to 380. I did have a T until yesterday when i put the air dryer on .'
either way i have no wish to use an air dryer so i am going to have to come up with another solution i guess . just last night it looks like i used up 1/4 of the 250mg air dryers capacity i don't want to have to cook the beads every 4 days .
user48953
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Here's my latest update/observations..
Recently i've noticed a few of my colonies lossing their color!.. NOT bleaching, but fading to a duller less intensive color.. a couple of colonies looked washed out like a pair of old jeans thats gone through the washer a few times.. no STN and polyp extension was still full..
checked all my water parameters; everything looked normal and within range.. at first i thought it was my lights, but everything was still growing pretty good; even my orange cap at the bottom of the tank.. so i changed out the bulbs anyways; colors still fading.. then i though maybe high nutrients, but ruled that out because the affects of hight nutrients are the reverse; corals would brown out (darken) instead of turning white.. so i started to read and read and read..
then i came across a post that suggested too little nutrients in the tank.. between the light feedings, bare bottom, high flow, rowaphos, carbon, and recent O3 addition, had my water become too clean??! i've noticed that there was very little hair algae and my valonia population was on a decline.. so i tested this theory by increasing the feedings.. sure enough, the palest colony began to darken up within a few days.
I'm not sure if it was a matter of time/maturing process, or just the O3 itself, but adding O3 really cleaned up the water chemistry of nutrients.. gives new meaning to the phrase "got detritus?"
Recently i've noticed a few of my colonies lossing their color!.. NOT bleaching, but fading to a duller less intensive color.. a couple of colonies looked washed out like a pair of old jeans thats gone through the washer a few times.. no STN and polyp extension was still full..
checked all my water parameters; everything looked normal and within range.. at first i thought it was my lights, but everything was still growing pretty good; even my orange cap at the bottom of the tank.. so i changed out the bulbs anyways; colors still fading.. then i though maybe high nutrients, but ruled that out because the affects of hight nutrients are the reverse; corals would brown out (darken) instead of turning white.. so i started to read and read and read..
then i came across a post that suggested too little nutrients in the tank.. between the light feedings, bare bottom, high flow, rowaphos, carbon, and recent O3 addition, had my water become too clean??! i've noticed that there was very little hair algae and my valonia population was on a decline.. so i tested this theory by increasing the feedings.. sure enough, the palest colony began to darken up within a few days.
I'm not sure if it was a matter of time/maturing process, or just the O3 itself, but adding O3 really cleaned up the water chemistry of nutrients.. gives new meaning to the phrase "got detritus?"
tfp
Active member
ozone updates...
ozone updates...
any updates from those using this unit/setup? how are your corals doing, any nuisance algae appear or even better disappear? has your orp remained constant or eventually dropped?
i'm using a red sea deluxe 100mg unit and don't think its enough for my water volume. might just sell it and try one of these instead.
thanks,
tim
ozone updates...
any updates from those using this unit/setup? how are your corals doing, any nuisance algae appear or even better disappear? has your orp remained constant or eventually dropped?
i'm using a red sea deluxe 100mg unit and don't think its enough for my water volume. might just sell it and try one of these instead.
thanks,
tim
Marc Daniels
Premium Member
Water sparkling clear. My phosphate is only .12, and 0 nitrates, so I don't have ny algae issues. Coral look great, but not sure how much I can say was the ozone.
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