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having come to the end of page twenty three, my question is: how do i input the ozone from the ozonator into my euroreef 6=2 and where do I put carbon in the skimmer to catch the excess ozone, thanks in advance... bruce
 
You insert your ozone output tube right into your skimmer venturi tube. thus making the skimmer pull in the ozone. I place my carbon bag by my return pump.
If you get a strong odor of ozone, you can place a carbon bag on top of your skimmer cup.
 
bolobean said:
having come to the end of page twenty three, my question is: how do i input the ozone from the ozonator into my euroreef 6=2 and where do I put carbon in the skimmer to catch the excess ozone, thanks in advance... bruce
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I run Ozone with an ER 6-1 by attaching the output of the ozonizer to one side to the T on the Venturi. I'm putting about 30mg/hr through mine and haven't found the need for any carbon after the skimmer, either in the water or the air.

You want to replace the O ring with an Ozone proof one or it eventually will leak. If the 6-2 happens to take the same size O-ring as the 6-1 let me know, I've got several extras.
 
OK. Have a question. Just added a controller about two weeks ago and was only running ozone sparingly before that. I set it at 350 because I am paranoid and it was staying there for the last week. However, although the ozone isn't running, my mV is suddenly up to 460. Everything in the tank looks fine (except for the fact I have protein gunk on the top of the water again). Do you think I have a probe problem? Is there a way to test it?
 
GettingFiesty said:
OK. Have a question. Just added a controller about two weeks ago and was only running ozone sparingly before that. I set it at 350 because I am paranoid and it was staying there for the last week. However, although the ozone isn't running, my mV is suddenly up to 460. Everything in the tank looks fine (except for the fact I have protein gunk on the top of the water again). Do you think I have a probe problem? Is there a way to test it?
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you need to clean the probe often
 
i have found that a good swirl in vinegar seems to clean the probes well; has anyone else tried this?

I talked to the guy at Milwaukee and he said I needed to buy special probe cleaning solutions at xx $$$.

Your thoughts?
 
I too have the Milwaukee controller, and I just swirl the probe end in a small cup of vinegar. So far so good. I don't have anything to calibrate the meter/probe against but I haven't seen any indication of the reading creeping upward.

Anyone know if there is a prefered place to locate the probe? I have mine at the end of my sump/refugium near the return pump, while the ozone is T'd into my skimmer venturi at the first stage of the sump. The probe is just hanging above the water, tip submerged about 2".
 
Well, I used the vinegar ane the mV dropped way down. I unplugged the ozonizer until I see where it settles. Thanks for the help.
 
Yeah I use vinegar once/week on it now. I just let it sit for a bit and then it is clean. I can't imagine what the "special cleaning solution" is, but if vinegar does the job, I'm not about to change.
 
PaintGuru said:
Yeah I use vinegar once/week on it now. I just let it sit for a bit and then it is clean. I can't imagine what the "special cleaning solution" is, but if vinegar does the job, I'm not about to change.
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I agree!
 
Kenfuzed said:
I too have the Milwaukee controller, and I just swirl the probe end in a small cup of vinegar. So far so good. I don't have anything to calibrate the meter/probe against but I haven't seen any indication of the reading creeping upward.

Anyone know if there is a prefered place to locate the probe? I have mine at the end of my sump/refugium near the return pump, while the ozone is T'd into my skimmer venturi at the first stage of the sump. The probe is just hanging above the water, tip submerged about 2".
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My probe is located in the sump inside of a test tube.

I have the water coming out of the ozone chamber going into the skimmer. However, before it goes into the skimmer I have a JG T with a valve and the flow is split; a little going into the test tube and the rest goes into the skimmer. The test tube (located very near the area where the skimmer pump draws it water) fills with water and overflows into the sump. This way I get a constant reading of the mv's iof the water exiting the O3 reactor.

I do something very similar with my CA reactor too!
 
I use the stuff that came from Petsmart - said it ozone resistant and haven't seen bad things happen yet - so it should be okay.
 
I have a Deltec 902 with 800gph going through it. I'd like to err on the side of caution and plumb the outlet into a phosphate reactor like Kent's which will be full of carbon:

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Is this overkill or what other options are there for running the skimmer output through carbon?

Also, is 800gph too much for this reactor?
 
I doubt that it will work. Deltec skimmers need an unrestricted flow from their output. By connecting the skimmer to the reactor, you will back pressure the skimmer. The skimmer will be impossible to control and will not operate as desinged.....in fact, the skimmer will not operate effectively even if the skimmer's outflow is submerged.....even that little bit of back pressure messes them up.
 
Yea, kind of feared that. So question is, how can I get the Deltec skimmer output to flow though carbon or should I not bother? From the skimmer section the sump flow goes to the fuge -> prop area then a large return area where I was going to run the phosban reactor full of carbon. With that being ran there and low flow thorough the sump (1200gph) maybe any residual ozone that gets loose would already have dissapated by the time it gets to the tank?
 
my skimmer effluent just runs over a bag of carbon before it hits the sump....and I have a reactor of carbon running on the tank too.
 
I think I'm going to build in a skimmer return section into sump big enough to handle 800gph and maybe get extra large filter socks for carbon....
 
Okay, due to my inherent wussiness when it comes to adding new and chemically altering equipment to a long established reeftank, I purchased the Red Sea Aquazone Plus but only the 100mg/hr model. I'm thinking, with over 600g of water in my system, even if I floored this thing (100%), there's no way to introduce 'too much' ozone into the tank. Well, now I have two questions: Since I'll be dosing at such a low level, will I really be getting the benefits of ozone at all or will it just take longer to see them? I understand that asking this question BEFORE I bought the unit might've been more prudent but Wussiness's brother, Imbecility, stopped by so I didn't.

My other question is in regards to hooking the unit up to a dual Beckett skimmer, in my case a MRC-MR-7. I noticed in the pictorial several pages back, that Travis connected his unit to BOTH Becketts. Are there added benefits to doing it that way or is utilizing just one Beckett enough? Sorry for the long post. Imbecility just left.
 
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