I was wondering about the possibility I injecting oxygen into a reef tank similar to that of a planted tank with co2. Something like a oxy reactor. Main reason is to increase oxy in the tank and reduce co2 which would help the balance of ph to a stable 8.2. I'm building a co2 scrubber for my skimmer which should help here in florida where opens windows are a no, no. But this thought just crossed my mind and want to hear what others have to say.
Oxygen injection?
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HighlandReefer
Team RC
It is not recommended. 
See this thread:
Oxygen levels supersaturation
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2007198&highlight=oxygen
See this thread:
Oxygen levels supersaturation
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2007198&highlight=oxygen
Understandable. Even though I didn't want to inject to oversaturation or to ozone levels. But I see what your talking about. I think the co2 scrubber is my best bet. Since opening a window is way out of the question unless you like to watch your tank wading around in a kitty pool. Lol
HighlandReefer
Team RC
Using kalk water to supplement your alk and calcium demand will also help. Kalk water will provide the most pH boost of your standard alk supplements
Randy provides more details in these articles:
Low pH: Causes and Cures
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.htm
What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.htm
Randy provides more details in these articles:
Low pH: Causes and Cures
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-09/rhf/index.htm
What Your Grandmother Never Told You About Lime
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2005-01/rhf/index.htm
Problem with that, it increases the alk of which I don't (alk of 9 is the range I'm shooting for) At the same time I'm trying to avoid oversaturation of kalk in the water with a ridiculously high alk. Over the years I've seen the over use of kalk to raise ph in hotter climates which can cause extra problems. Dont get me wrong kalk is nice but with an enclosed home it doesn't help as much.
Ya I just thought about that. I was hoping the increased oxy in a mixer would absorb in larger amounts than the high co2. Thus decreasing th quanity of co2 beig mixed into the water. I guess co2 scrubber will be my best bet.
Something like a oxy reactor
There are what we call O2 reactors, the same as a Ozone reactor and do NOT drive the O2 up to high, even if you drive it a 10 psi. 5 psi only drives up the O2 0.5 ppm. I have posted on them many times. There are also what we call O2 Generators, these are a different beast. I posted on them last week here.
O2 or O3 reactor
j
It is a Ozone or Oxygen reactor, the are not vented, they are air tight. It is air that pumps the water back to the tank. It is skimmers and their vent that needs a carbon cup or the carbon filter you describer.
The vent we are talking about is just a small 2nd effluent line. If you do not have this you need a float switch ( regulates air input) to control the water level. Trying to control the water level by adjusting a air input line and keeping the water at the level at described height, in the link below, is not a fun task Sooner or later the water level rises to high or gets to low. A float switch or a very small 2nd effluent line will control the level inside the reactor so the whole volume of air is not evacuated into your tank. I cubic ft of air @ 5- 20 PSI entering your tank in 1 sec is like a bomb going off
J. below is a DIY type and a high tech form MTC
DYI. This reactor does not have the 2nd small effluent line or a float switch. Usually we mod these type of reactors, with a small 2nd effluent line mad of rigid plastic tube, like that used in a UGF. You just run the tube along side the main effluent, with the small tube/vent just above it. This way only a small amount of air leaves the reactor. The water level rises due to a short pressure drop, builds back up, plugging the vent from air loss, water level slowly drops, vents again, causing the water level to fluctuate a small amount inside the reactor, in a cyclic like event, without losing the whole vol of air of the reactor.
DIY O2/O3
http://www.thesea.org/diy-aquarium/reactors_ozone.html
MTC O2/O3 reactor
http://www.marinetechnical.com/page6.html
H2O2 generators
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2029023&highlight=boomer
O2 Generators
Hello. Wondering if anyone can answer this question:
I recently came across a brand new O2 Concentrator (the same ones used in hospitals for people who need extra O2). What are the ramifications of connecting the output to my skimmer? Its not Ozone but highly concentrated O2. Will this benefit my aquarium? In what ways? What are the risks if any?
Aloa
That is a play on words kinda. It is a O2 Generator. It takes ambient room air and runs it through a series of Zeolites, aka, FW Ammonia Remover, Nitrate Sponge, Zeo-Rock, Zeovit. There are usually 3 stages for filtration and the unit operates on what is called Pressure swing adsorption (PSA)
http://www.ozmoticsinsider.com/pres...ypical-layout-of-the-psa-oxygen-concentrator/
I introduced then to the hobby many years ago but they never took off. Yes, it will add O2 to the tank but you need to monitor the O2 level so the O2 does not get to high. If you do not and the O2 gets to high you may kill ever thing.
Boomer
There are what we call O2 reactors, the same as a Ozone reactor and do NOT drive the O2 up to high, even if you drive it a 10 psi. 5 psi only drives up the O2 0.5 ppm. I have posted on them many times. There are also what we call O2 Generators, these are a different beast. I posted on them last week here.
O2 or O3 reactor
j
It is a Ozone or Oxygen reactor, the are not vented, they are air tight. It is air that pumps the water back to the tank. It is skimmers and their vent that needs a carbon cup or the carbon filter you describer.
The vent we are talking about is just a small 2nd effluent line. If you do not have this you need a float switch ( regulates air input) to control the water level. Trying to control the water level by adjusting a air input line and keeping the water at the level at described height, in the link below, is not a fun task Sooner or later the water level rises to high or gets to low. A float switch or a very small 2nd effluent line will control the level inside the reactor so the whole volume of air is not evacuated into your tank. I cubic ft of air @ 5- 20 PSI entering your tank in 1 sec is like a bomb going off
J. below is a DIY type and a high tech form MTC
DYI. This reactor does not have the 2nd small effluent line or a float switch. Usually we mod these type of reactors, with a small 2nd effluent line mad of rigid plastic tube, like that used in a UGF. You just run the tube along side the main effluent, with the small tube/vent just above it. This way only a small amount of air leaves the reactor. The water level rises due to a short pressure drop, builds back up, plugging the vent from air loss, water level slowly drops, vents again, causing the water level to fluctuate a small amount inside the reactor, in a cyclic like event, without losing the whole vol of air of the reactor.
DIY O2/O3
http://www.thesea.org/diy-aquarium/reactors_ozone.html
MTC O2/O3 reactor
http://www.marinetechnical.com/page6.html
H2O2 generators
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2029023&highlight=boomer
O2 Generators
Hello. Wondering if anyone can answer this question:
I recently came across a brand new O2 Concentrator (the same ones used in hospitals for people who need extra O2). What are the ramifications of connecting the output to my skimmer? Its not Ozone but highly concentrated O2. Will this benefit my aquarium? In what ways? What are the risks if any?
Aloa
That is a play on words kinda. It is a O2 Generator. It takes ambient room air and runs it through a series of Zeolites, aka, FW Ammonia Remover, Nitrate Sponge, Zeo-Rock, Zeovit. There are usually 3 stages for filtration and the unit operates on what is called Pressure swing adsorption (PSA)
http://www.ozmoticsinsider.com/pres...ypical-layout-of-the-psa-oxygen-concentrator/
I introduced then to the hobby many years ago but they never took off. Yes, it will add O2 to the tank but you need to monitor the O2 level so the O2 does not get to high. If you do not and the O2 gets to high you may kill ever thing.
Boomer
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