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I have had to make a minor change on my ozone reactor setup. Originally I had the effluent from the Ozone reactor plumbed directly into my BRS jumbo carbon reactor packed with their ROX carbon. I was getting a heavy ozone smell under the tank and in the sump. This was likely due to the fact that the BRS reactor didn't hold enough carbon to strip the ozone out of the airated water. That coupled with the fact that it was setup to perculate up through the carbon instead of down through it. Avast suggested it should drip down over the carbon and also suggest lignite carbon. As such, I shut the ozone down while I determined my next course of action.
A couple days ago I ended up getting a 22" tall reactor that holds much more carbon. Per Avasts suggestions, I filled it with nearly a gallon of lignite carbon and reversed the flow so the ozonated water drips from the top down through the carbon instead of perculating from the bottom up. That did the trick! With the low flow rate through the reactor and the new cabon reactor, I get absolutely no ozone smell under the tank. Its been running steady for the last 2 days and my ORP hit 401 as of this morning!
I also added a seperate ORP controller yesterday so that I had an additional ORP probe on a seperate system and now use the Apex as a fail safe. That probe is still settling out so I will be curious as to how the new controllers accuracy compares to the accuracy of my Apex ORP probe as it is a year old. I do believe its accurate as it was just cleaned in vinegar and recalibrated. Prior to cleaning, it matched the values of my Red Seas Ozone generator/controller (only being used as a monitor) as well so I am pretty confident. I also have a new spare lab grade probe just in case its needed.
Prior to adding the ozone reactor, my tank was pretty steady between 300 and 360 ORP without ozone which has been the case for many months.
I am heading to Vegas for a week later today as I have a trade show to attend so I decided to turn the Ozone gererator off while I am gone so its one less thing to worry about. I felt this would be smart as it is new and I still want to monitor things closely.
As it sits now, I am VERY pleased with the results Due to the slow water volume through the reactor coupled with length of time the water spends going through the highly ozonated air inside the reactor, it appears to be a very efficient means of using the ozone. If my ORP numbers prove to be accurate as I suspect they are, I may not need to increase my Ozone volume at all due to the efficiency of the reacor which would coincide with what Ozotech told me and what Avast also suspected.
The last of the 2 LED fixtures should arrive sometime next week so I expect to get them installed either next weekend when I get back from my trip or the week following next.
A couple days ago I ended up getting a 22" tall reactor that holds much more carbon. Per Avasts suggestions, I filled it with nearly a gallon of lignite carbon and reversed the flow so the ozonated water drips from the top down through the carbon instead of perculating from the bottom up. That did the trick! With the low flow rate through the reactor and the new cabon reactor, I get absolutely no ozone smell under the tank. Its been running steady for the last 2 days and my ORP hit 401 as of this morning!
I also added a seperate ORP controller yesterday so that I had an additional ORP probe on a seperate system and now use the Apex as a fail safe. That probe is still settling out so I will be curious as to how the new controllers accuracy compares to the accuracy of my Apex ORP probe as it is a year old. I do believe its accurate as it was just cleaned in vinegar and recalibrated. Prior to cleaning, it matched the values of my Red Seas Ozone generator/controller (only being used as a monitor) as well so I am pretty confident. I also have a new spare lab grade probe just in case its needed.
Prior to adding the ozone reactor, my tank was pretty steady between 300 and 360 ORP without ozone which has been the case for many months.
I am heading to Vegas for a week later today as I have a trade show to attend so I decided to turn the Ozone gererator off while I am gone so its one less thing to worry about. I felt this would be smart as it is new and I still want to monitor things closely.
As it sits now, I am VERY pleased with the results Due to the slow water volume through the reactor coupled with length of time the water spends going through the highly ozonated air inside the reactor, it appears to be a very efficient means of using the ozone. If my ORP numbers prove to be accurate as I suspect they are, I may not need to increase my Ozone volume at all due to the efficiency of the reacor which would coincide with what Ozotech told me and what Avast also suspected.
The last of the 2 LED fixtures should arrive sometime next week so I expect to get them installed either next weekend when I get back from my trip or the week following next.
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, and I can't wait to see the new LED's in. I myself am going to be taring down my 125 Gal. and start it fresh again, this time as a reef with LED. The results should be awesome!
