My god, let there be ozone.
My god, let there be ozone.
Marc Daniels: Follow the link I posted below and any links atached to that thread. Most of my internet research started there and through google. The remainder is in books around the house.
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showt...e=&pagenumber=1
raddogz found the x10 interference in the thread but it is a long thread so your on your own to find the speaker discussion.
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The reactor is for those who do not have a skimmer or a non-ozone safe/convenient skimmer. The reactor is basically a skimmer without a collection cup. They are more efficient than skimmers because you can adjust the contact time to be optimal for ozone and not skimmer performance. If you have a cheap skimmer, it may not be ozone compatable. Ozone will destroy some materials. The reactor is also good with those with euroreef skimmers. Since you really should put carbon inline after the ozone reactor, and the design of the euroreef does not make that easy since the water exits the skimmer form a vertical pipe where the sponge is, a reactor may be needed as I don't know where you can put the carbon to date. I am working on a mod to my euroreef before I even think about ozone as i don't want a reactor but i am curently at a loss. Anyone know of one??
You really should use carbon even though many will argue with it, stating the half-life of ozone in tank water is a matter of seconds. The ozone isn't the problem, it is the chemicals that ozone can create in the tank that can be a problem. Ozone basically breaks c=c bonds. This chemical reaction can result in some bad chemicals that I feel should be removed. It has been a while, but I think bromine, which is common in out water, can become a hazzard, for example. It is the breaking of these double bonds that makes your water clearer, because with this bond broken the skimmer will remove the chemical. These are mostly disolved organics from what I have read, but does not apply to every chemical where the bond has been broken.
Carbon can be used where air exits the skimmer/reactor if you are sensitive to the ozone spell in the air.
I have only been researching ozone for about a month now, so I am probably off on some of the info, but it is the best I have so far. I think I am going to buy he millwalkee unit in a few months as it is variable and I already have an ACII as a controller. As for the life of the probes. They need to be cleaned regularly. Calcium deposits need to be removed frequently to preserve accuracy. They should last longer than a year. The good part is they tend to read the ORP high over time so an overdose is not a problem.
AMybe I can get Chris to explain this better 
