Who uses ozone?

This is on my 180 with about 30g in sump.
I do notice the skimmer foaming better now. But the jury is still out for me. I am fighting a mild case of dinos and I hope this helps. ORP is at about 300 now. Knowing that my tank usually was at 320ish 6 months ago before i stopped checking orp.. Im hoping.
I have been reluctant to use orp. Im not one to jump on a bandwagon. But I have known some other people that have used ozone for months and have seen improvement in clarity etc.
I believe I got the dinos when i removed a large cap that was infested with nudies. I broke a large chunk of the rock in the process and placed both back into tank. Im assuming the busted rock leeched. Either that.. or my skimmer is the culprit. Air intake to beckett was mostly clogged when i went to tee the ozone tubing into it.
 
I got my Red Sea Aquazone 50 mg/hr unit Friday evening. I have been running it at 25% (12.5 mg/hr) into my Euroreef 24/7.

Wow! my water is incredibly clear. It was pretty clear before, but now it's almost like it's not there. I can't see any coloration at all looking through the tank lengthways. There is more light getting to my corals, and they are digging it.

I'm looking forward to seeing the effects longer term.

Tom:fish2:
 
Tom,
See, it doesn't take much ozone to clear the water!
You could set the ozonator up on a timer to run for 3-4 hours a day and you'll probably still get very clear water and use less O3.
Brad
 
Ive been doing the same as Tom on my 90G w/ redsea 100mg/hr unit on about 5-15mg/hr since Friday and water is MUCH clearer in terms of particles floating about. Had pretty good quality before but this is better for sure. I like the timer idea to decrease O3 used and increase life of unit possibly. I am noticing the skimmate produced in EV180 since using O3 has decreased but water clearer so not worried yet....I guess its too early to say.
 
The clear water is great, but one of the main reasons for using ozone is to increase the efficiency of your skimmer.

I'm trying to starve out some algae, so I am going to continue running it 24/7 unless I see any adverse effects. So far it's nothing but positive.

Tom:fish2:
 
Tom.
Thats why i turned to ozone.. damn dino plague.
Iv'e had em and beat em before in my 75g but this is my 180.
Since adding ozone my skimmer is working much better. That and clearing out the air intake of salt helps too :)
right now ive bumped mine up to 6 hrs at 40mg/hr. What would be a safe setting to run this 24/7 on my 220g total water volume? at least for a short time then i can cut it back to a couple hours a day.
 
Hey guys thanks for the thread, I'm intrigued!
Ozone is one of those things I've been interested in since reading Anthony Calfos first book. I could use some of each of the benefits we are talking about here. Curious about a couple of things though? .. .. How does it clear the water ? is it killing off planktonic life ? What are the "watch out for's" ?
 
Baalz,

In the Ozone FAQs on wetwebmedia.com,
Bob Fenner says that a rule of thumb for ozone is 1mg/hr per gallon of tank.

Cut that in half to be safe, and you could run 100 mg/hr without any problems. 40 mg/hr 24/7 on your tank would be very safe.

Tom:fish2:
 
Marco67,

Yes it kills plankton. It probably kills almost every living organism that it comes into contact with.

I believe in feeding the tank (very well) and thus hopefully compensate for O3 removal of plankton.

O3 is extremely unstable and reacts with the yellowing agents in the water. The yellowing agents are chemically modified in a way that facilitates removal my the protein skimmer. I can't remember actual chemical equations right now.

What to watch for, you ask. Well, when I first started running O3, I used larger quanities and sometimes I thought my tank was too clean and I would turn off the O3. By too clean I mean, like no algae anywhere to be seen..the sterile look. Also, I sometimes monitor the ORP and turn off the o3 somewhere around 350 or 400. Really though, now, I run a very small amount and really don't worry about it. This small amount is enough to keep the water sparkling clear...which I like.
 
Yes it kills plankton. It probably kills almost every living organism that it comes into contact with.
Click to expand...

This sounds dangerous for folks with DSB's.... Does anyone who uses ozone have a DSB in their tank?
 
As a side note, has anyone else noticed an increase of interest in ozone generators in the For Sale forums?...I think this thread is sparking some interest (including my own).

Mike
 
No problems using ozone with a DSB here.

My tank is literally exploding with life at night, so I'm not worried on the ozone killing too much.
 
pi,
The goal is not to have any O3 (or its radicals) make it into the main display and thus it would have no effect on the animals.

If the inverts, bacteria, protozoa make it into the skimmer...thats a different story. I'm sure the killing capacity of O3 is dependent on concentration and time of exposure...

I too have all sorts of critters swimming around at night.
 
As a side note, has anyone else noticed an increase of interest in ozone generators in the For Sale forums?...I think this thread is sparking some interest (including my own).

Mike
Click to expand...

Hey Brad,

we're starting a revolution! Viva La Ozone!:D

Tom:fish2:
 
Ozone Rulez! My fish take a dump in my aquarium and I gotta get it out...O3 is like a toliet bowl cleaner...(kust kidding)
 
I am posting under my brother's name because I cant find how to change it, but I do have a question. Is there any way to run ozone with ecosystem filtration (skimmerless)? if so how would it be injected into the water? also would it be possible to run a cheap generator from an 02 tank and then bypass the need for a dryer?

Derek
Epicentyr
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Similar threads

P
New saltwater toxic?
Replies
8
Views
177
pelagic
P
R
Stay Away
Replies
6
Views
251
saltypilot
S
griss
Live Aquaria
Replies
1
Views
142
Reefing102
Reefing102
griss
Ellisville Petco
Replies
4
Views
451
griss
griss
J
Plumbing 300 gallon acrylic aquarium
Replies
4
Views
3K
corvinridge
C
Back
Top