Ozotech IQ20?

[Itchy Trigger]

I've just started injecting ozone on my 330g. Using an Ozotech Poseidon 220mg, and injecting into an Avast Marine ozone reactor with a carbon post-filter... I'm using a Luft air pump and a silica bead air dryer. Not crazy about having to bake the beads and then struggle to get the canister back together. So I started thinking maybe I'd spring for one of the Ozotech IQ20 dryers...

But I know that they need a vacuum air pump in order to pull air, and I do not want a noisy vacuum air pump. I also heard that you can hook it up to your skimmer's venturi, but I'm not sure how I would do that. My skimmer is a Lifereef skimmer, and I think his design is a bit different than most skimmers, so not sure if this would work.

If anyone has any suggestions as to how to make this work, I'd love to hear/read them...

 

[Itchy Trigger]

Anyone?

 

[atrain]

I used a regular hydrafarm air pump. It was noisy, because I bought one entirely too big for my setup and had to dial it back with a valve, but the inlet side will fit 1/4 tubing, which happens to be the same as the iq-20, so was plug and play.

 

[Itchy Trigger]

Thanks. Are there any vacuum pumps that aren't noisy?

 

[Itchy Trigger]

I used a regular hydrafarm air pump. It was noisy, because I bought one entirely too big for my setup and had to dial it back with a valve, but the inlet side will fit 1/4 tubing, which happens to be the same as the iq-20, so was plug and play.

Could you link me to the pump you used? Perhaps I could contact the manufacturer and see if they make a smaller/quieter model?

 

[atrain]

http://www.amazon.com/Hydrofarm-AAPA110L-112-Watt-110-LPM-Commercial/dp/B002JPPFJ0

That's the one I chose. I originally shopped for vacuum pumps, saw a youtube video that had this pump in it, noticed the intake and ability to hook vinyl tubing to it. I think it was noisy due to the size. My sump room is in a closet in the basement, and could outside the closet, but not much. Quiet to me would be undetectable outside the room. It was waaayyy overpowered for what I was using it for, and i'm sure you can get away with much smaller model if the input is relative.

 

[atrain]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-AxSfvh3Ys

Found the link to video of the pump. If you notice the backside before it is taken off, the air inlet.

There are also several sizes of same brand pump on amazon.

Hope this helps

 

[Itchy Trigger]

Cool - thanks!