Thumbs up for Ozone!

[mikeguerrero]

Loc,

I haven't posted any pictures of after; as I just started the Ozone about 1 hour ago... The pics you see are without ozone, just my powerful skimmer keeping my water crystal clear...

Next post will be my setup...

 

[loc01]

Thanks Mike, sorry for not reading the whole thread, no wonder I couldn't find any diff., your tank looks very nice btw.

Loc

 

[mikeguerrero]

Well,

Here is a step by step process on me connecting my Sanders 50 mg/hr onto my Deltec AP 600 skimmer:

Remove collection cup for easy access to air intake valve

Cut small piece of effluent tubing to join air intake valve with ozone safe tubing

Connect ozone safe tubing to ozone safe T connector

Place T connector onto modified air intake valve

Make sure you firmly insert tubes to both ends

Connect ozone safe tubing to the output of the Sanders unit

Connect ozone safe air check valve to ozone safe T connector

Make sure all connections are in place and set the dial on the ozonizer to 25% - 50%

The sanders unit has a blinking green light in the center that reflects how much ozone is being administered via the rheostat knob

Set the Coralife luft pump to desired setting; #2 for my system

 

[mikeguerrero]

Woke up this morning, ORP is at 344 mv, I'm shooting for about 380 mv.

MG

 

[reptoreef]

Sweet arrangment... very well organized.

 

[DrBDC]

Is that a DC8 for an aquacontroller I see? If so, why the different ORP controller?

 

[Bill and Elaine]

DrBDC : this is what he has

http://www.digitalaquatics.com/

 

[mikeguerrero]

DrBDC,

With my setup, I'm a strong believer in individuality for each instrument; when something goes wrong I can detect it quicker and replace it.

When you have the all in one units, if something does give, it can take down multiple controllers or sensors until you fix the bad unit.

My Reefkeeper controls water current via three maxi jets and my lights and my chiller.

I then have two separate controllers for my PH and my ORP.

Hope that helps out...

MG

 

[kirstenk]

You should take a side view "before and after" pic. That is where I really saw a difference in water clarity.

 

[mikeguerrero]

Kristen,

Thanks for the insight, the day I snapped those pics, I also happened to snap a couple on the side, here is one:

Remember that my tank is a bowfront so there is some distortion in the picture; however, we are looking for clarity.

MG

 

[idua]

I just finished my ozone setup over the weekend and I am wondering whether ozone is going to affect things like Phyto (i.e. DTââ"šÂ¬Ã¢"žÂ¢s Phytoplankton)? Should I turn it off for few hours when I add it to the tank?

 

[Fred_J]

I would turn it off for awhile if feeding live food that can get into the sump.
Fred

 

[bkelley02]

I was just going to post a question asking what people are getting for ORP readings. I know we should ultimately go for what makes the tank look best and animals happiest, but I've been seeing my ORP creep up without Ozone the past few days. Peaked at 402 today with no ozone running. Are others getting similar readings?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6773785#post6773785 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by mikeguerrero
Update,

ORP reading has finally maxed out at 326 mv... I would love to run the Ozonizer now, since it's a long weekend, but I'm reluctant because my airdryer is not here it will arrive on Wednesday.


MG

 

[DrBDC]

I don't have mine in yet and I hit 403 right as lights were just coming on today. My actinics come on first for a couple hours and the ORP usually peaks sometime during them and when the mh's come on it starts a slow descent to the 370's. I'm just coming up on 2 weeks for the probe in the tank. I'm ordering some calibration solution even though they state you don't have to.

 

[bkelley02]

DrBDC - we're right around the same area then. I don't creep down quite as far but still pretty close. I could only get to about 360 last week and then I had a die off of some Chicken Liver sponge. Since then, things have been going up and the water has never looked better. Wondering if it was going through a slow death that wasn't noticeable until it was too late. Since that though, I have a black cyano on some of the tube corals that doesn't want to let go.:uzi:

 

[Bill and Elaine]

If your getting reading over 400mv with out running ozone all that much.......your probe is dirty......you need to soak it in vinegar...once a week

 

[DrBDC]

Mine is only 2 weeks old. I'll try it though while I wait for my calibration solutions. I'm a big water changer though so I would imagine that I'm on the high end anyway. I do about a 20% change per week as well as skim about 5-10 gallons per week.

 

[bkelley02]

I'll clean it again, but I just did on Thursday night. Seemed unlikely that the ORP would be that high on it's own. I can dream though can't I?

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=6786793#post6786793 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by Bill and Elaine
If your getting reading over 400mv with out running ozone all that much.......your probe is dirty......you need to soak it in vinegar...once a week

 

[mikeguerrero]

What type of ORP monitors do you guys have? Mine is the Milwaukee SMS 510 controller and it had to run 5 days straight before it gave me a accurate reading without ozone.

Mine peaked at 326 mv before it would no longer climb. When I turned on the Ozone I have reached a 380 mv tops.

I'm injecting 50 mg/hr and my tank is only 72 gallons.

I'd have to agree that having 400 mv without any ozone is a error on the probes part.

When you mix new saltwater via water changes, the mv on this water is anywhere from 200 to 250 mv. So placing it in your water will not raise ORP it will bring it down until it stablizes, it will creep back up.

Here are pics of my gradual climb to 380 mv with the aid of ozone:

MG

 

[bkelley02]

I'm using the same one. I just tried to use the calibration fluid and it's like black sludge. Hasn't expired but can't be right. Even had trouble getting it off the probe. :mad2: