Thumbs up for Ozone!
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Reefrookie2006
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Do you have a picture of this?
mburnickas
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nothing new....As with anything you need to be smart about it.
RichConley
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A 1% chance of decreased life span at 30 times the detectable level seems like a silly concern to me.
We dose in such small levels that I dont think it applies.
infrared69
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I just started running my ozone a few days ago, right now i have it set up on my 55g running thry my Coralife Super Skimmer 65. i used 5' if neoprene tube to connect my RedSea 100mg Deluxe w/ORP controler. i have no tee or check valve or air pump. the venturi sucks the air straight thru the ozonizer and 250g air dryer. why did i do this? i spoke to RedSea directly and thats how they recommended it. Venturi will draw the ozone straght thru, and when the ozonizer shuts off, air will pass straight thru with no harm. turns out the CSS65 comes with a overflow collection cup/media tray. i remover the filter pad and place a bag of GAC in there so all of my overflow is filtered. I have no ozone smell, i am only injecting about 12mg/hr and orp is set at 360mv. i have a 95g setup in progress with a ASM g-3. i dont think i am goig to run ozone thru it, i think i will keep the CSS65 as my ozone reactor since it seems to work so well and skimmer regular with the G3. what do you guys think? i just dont want to slow down the production of my skimmer.
RichConley
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infrared, a lot of us T because the ozonizer does restrict the intake of the skimmer quite a bit.
Equipment update: Python's "ozone safe" airline tubing is decidedly not ozone safe. Its turned bright yellow in about 2 weeks, and is starting to get harder.
Equipment update: Python's "ozone safe" airline tubing is decidedly not ozone safe. Its turned bright yellow in about 2 weeks, and is starting to get harder.
infrared69
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yes but then a simple air pump would create positive air pressure to equalize intake pressure. to me the tee just allows the ozonizer to be less effient by allowing non-ozonizer air into the reaction chamber.and in the event of a blockage or kink, pure ozone will escape thru the tee. that can be correct witha check valve on the "air: side of the tee, but now you are adding a restriction again. that however wasnt really my question. i was more wondering how many people use a dedicated ozone reacter (skimmer, pvc chamber, airstone) and a regualr skimmer? and is the skiming production slowed in the non-ozonated skimmer
infrared69
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i did a search b4 i bought the tubing and the only material everyone agreed that was ozone safe is neoprene. also CPVC is an ozone-safe water line, PVC is not. however at the doses we use it would take a very long time to break down PVC pipe. but in comercial water filtering, PVC is agaisnt code. i intall ozone system for residential and comercial water filteration, however i never concidered for my tank until now. i am very pleased with the result. one of the things we use in the field is somethign called a posi-vent. instead of placing carbon over the collection cup, they make a magnetic celonoid that opens and closes with the ozone generator to allow the ozone gas to be vented via airline directly to your household PVC waste drain line. ozone is allowed to be vented into septics and sewers, creating a closed system starting at the generator and ending in your sewer. no ozong gas escaping into the home.
RichConley
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Because I dont use an airpump.
mikeguerrero
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My ozone unit has been going flawless since I purchased it more than 2 months ago...
Set it and forget it....
MG
Set it and forget it....
MG
clkwrk
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I also know a local near me that has experienced the same .He also says it took a week to come back up . Just in time for another change and another drop....
Makes me wonder what gong on ? $80 bucks for a salt that drops my orp that hard for a week has me thinking. Also I have almost tripled my 03 injection rate just to get back up to normal .
For everyone else reading this ..It is only The Tropic Marin Pro reef that I have experienced this with .
Oceanic,Kent,Deep oceans ,H&w marine mix or Ocean pure did not do this ever. It dropped a little with each one but was back to normal in a few hrs,
poknsnok
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ok..got my ozone hooked up and running yesterday.. first thing I noticed is how amazingly clear the water became... Much bluer with no hint of yellw. I use all 10 k lighting so any yellow is accentuated.
I didnt set it up using a "T" the way most people set theirs up. I copied a LFS set up that uses a pvc "mixing chamber" where ozone and air mixes and is pulled onto the skimmer. a hole in the top of the chamber keeps air coming into the skimmer so it is never starved. I have a deltec and that skimmer pulls a ton of air. I can hear it whistling thru the 1/2" hole in the mixing chamber. I did notice a whiff of ozone in the air though. I have carbon in a filter sock that the skimmer water flows over. I will put a little carbon over the skimmer vent holes today. My ORP this am and yesterday was around 345 and the tank is crystal clear. I read where ideally we like to be around 385, but with as clear as the water is now, what would be the advantages of that? I will try to post pics of my setup later
I didnt set it up using a "T" the way most people set theirs up. I copied a LFS set up that uses a pvc "mixing chamber" where ozone and air mixes and is pulled onto the skimmer. a hole in the top of the chamber keeps air coming into the skimmer so it is never starved. I have a deltec and that skimmer pulls a ton of air. I can hear it whistling thru the 1/2" hole in the mixing chamber. I did notice a whiff of ozone in the air though. I have carbon in a filter sock that the skimmer water flows over. I will put a little carbon over the skimmer vent holes today. My ORP this am and yesterday was around 345 and the tank is crystal clear. I read where ideally we like to be around 385, but with as clear as the water is now, what would be the advantages of that? I will try to post pics of my setup later
mburnickas
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how much ozone are you injecting? I just ask since I do not smell anything with injecting...Then again my tubing (Python) is fine after 1 month and many say it turnes yellow/hard in two weeks.
Case in point, I go for low steady ozone and so far, it works for me. Just trying to help.
Case in point, I go for low steady ozone and so far, it works for me. Just trying to help.
Billybeau1
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Pok, I really dont think the number is of that much importance. Changes in the number are what you want to watch for. I think 345 is a fine place to be if your water is crystal clear. I wouldn't get hung up too much on the 385 thing.
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