Who uses ozone?

[Mark]

Zoom, there have been times I have cranked up my ozone a bit, and I could indeed smell it in the room. And I'm sure someone could read my suggestion, use a ton of ozone, and kill everything. My suggestion is to use at your own risk. Like I said, a tiny amount goes a long way. If someone overdoes it with kalkwasser or CO2 into the reactor, they can harm their tank as well.

For the inexperienced, carbon is a good safety net of sorts. But they could also still cause their redox to go too high and nuke the tank as well. Simply put, ozone is not for the inexperienced.

Ozone is very very reactive and breaks down quickly. The danger with ozone is not so much the ozone itself, but that it converts bromide to hypobromite. Hypobromite is similar to chlorine in it's effects in the tank. The carbon removes the Hypobromite, so that it does not build up to dangerous levels in the tank. Do a search in the chemistry forum for ozone, there is a good thread on it. If you run only a tiny amount of ozone(relative to tank volume), and you run carbon somewhere in the sump along with regular water changes, the bromide issue is usually avoidable.

 

[Mark]

To quote Boomer:

Take note that these given ozone levels are the same recommended levels, but that does not mean you will actually get these oxidant (hypobromite) levels, but is theoretically possible. With Bromide levels in most salts between 30-70 mg / l that is allot of hypobromite, if even 10 % of it only got converted. By far this will not happen, as the ozone is also competing with other products to oxidize. We don't want any hypobromite in the tank, just like we don't want any chlorine in the tank. Think of it this way, you are always striving to make sure there is no chlorine in your tank, a reason behind dechlorinators, RO/DI. Well, hypobromite has the same exact affect a chlorine, which is hypochorite, aka Bleach, aka Clorox. So you are making Bromine Bleach and Bromine Bleach is used as a replacement in some spa's and swimming pools, more expensive but no smell.

from this thread:
http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?postid=2016339#post2016339

 

[B.Bones]

hey zoom i have an etss 600 skimmer. what else should i do to run the ozone? I read somewhere a ozone reactor?????
I want to try to keep it simple!

 

[Zoom]

hey zoom i have an etss 600 skimmer. what else should i do to run the ozone? I read somewhere a ozone reactor?????
I want to try to keep it simple!

Coralife makes Ozone Reactor don't know who sells it.

 

[coderabit21]

Anyone know where I can get a T?

 

[Brad A.]

Anyone know where I can get a T?

home depot in the plumbing section, they have plastic t's of all sorts of sizes.

 

[victor90]

try petsolutions.com

 

[B.Bones]

i kinda understand how i am gonna get the ozone in the tank, but where do i place the the carbon? do i have to put inline with the return flow to the tank?

 

[48Bowfront]

Usually two places.

One in/on the collection cup. You basically want the air coming from the collection cup coming in contact with carbon (in a bag usually).

The other is where your skimmer water exits. If your sump has baffles/bubble traps you could put a bag of carbon there. Basically between the skimmer and your return pump (but before a refugium if you have one). If you don't have a sump, ya got me.

i kinda understand how i am gonna get the ozone in the tank, but where do i place the the carbon? do i have to put inline with the return flow to the tank?

 

[B.Bones]

48bow i was told that my etss downdraft skimmer is not good to run ozone through not enough reaction time too much flow
the downdraft skimmers

 

[stephane]

I found this old tread in my quest for ozone


Did read sea ozonizer have to get some maintenance? Coralife have a replacement lamp discharge easy replace and cheap but wath about other model I dont see no where replacment part for other?

O2manfish wath brand is yours? you said there no maintenance on it? how much it cost?

I want to add ozone on my 4 sytem all are 400 gallon I have see many model some realy cheap and some realy expensive it'hard to choss someting

I prefert to buy big adjustable model like 0 to 500 ml/g

anyone?

 

[stephane]

double post

 

[deansreef]

what size to get for a 180?

 

[Zoom]

what size to get for a 180?

200mg/hr

 

[Gerard Alba]

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[daveandcole]

With a properly tuned protein skimmer and carbon use you dont need an ozonizer.

 

[JB NY]

I don't agree with that. The extra clarity and light penetration that ozone adds is unattainable, IMO, with a skimmer and carbon alone.

 

[daveandcole]

What do you think you are oxidizing with ozone that carbon cant remove or the skimmer cant remove?
Thanks
Dave

 

[moonpod]

There is a theoretical advantage of low dose ozone making organics bind to foam easier. Additionally there is the theoretical concept of disease suppression with the use of ozone (like UV). I would however agree with the original statement that you don't "need" an ozonizer. I personally use it essentially out of habit, and actually right now I am not using one. I like it as a "security blanket", but I truthfully cannot say that it has any "real" impact on my tank health. My orp levels for instance don't really change with or without the ozone running.