Ozone?? Does it cause cracking?

[21ducks]

Hello everyone,

I heard that ozone causes cracking on Acrylic. Is this true or is someone just pulling this out of a hat? I want to use ozone, but want to make sure that it is not going to crack my tank.

Brandon

 

[Feerlaroc]

Do a search for Ozone, It will make certain plastics brittle. If you inject it into your skimmer & use the correct dosage, it (the ozone) should never make it back into your tank from what I have read.

 

[moonpod]

in general acrylic is ozone safe. It's the tubing and such that ozone degrades.

 

[mhurley]

If you put enough ozone in your tank to cause it to craze/crack, don't worry too much, you've already killed every living thing in the tank anyway.

I've used ozone into my skimmer 24/7 for 2 years now. And I have an acrylic tank too.

 

[21ducks]

Thanks everyone, I am releived.

Brandon