Ozone - How to

[Guest Kragon]

Greetings,

 

A friend of mine gave me a small 50MG ozone generator. He's long gone and moved and I have no clue how to utilize this device. I've never played with Ozone before. I have three tanks and was looking to try it out.

 

Does anyone have a how-to or good experience with these that can assist? I have the generator and tubing only (so far).

 

Thanks,

Ryan

[flowerseller]

You can inject it into your air intake for your skimmer which often improves the skimming unless it's too much then it decreases efficency.

You could also inject it into your overflow tube but is not as good a mix.

Basically you want to have an area to mix the ozone with the water and give it a change to "burn" anything it comes in contact with. Often this is a great aid to those with nusiance algaes and willl help clarify your water.

What ever water has the ozone injected should be allowed to pass through carbon before mixing with the rest of the system.

50mg is not alot, but you still want to watch the fish for signs of fin burn or stress.

You may want to clean the generating tube before you put it online and use an inline air check valve. Make sure the "smell" is present before continuing with the installation.

 

HTH

[kngfisher]

You can inject it into your air intake for your skimmer which often improves the skimming unless it's too much then it decreases efficency.

You could also inject it into your overflow tube but is not as good a mix.

Basically you want to have an area to mix the ozone with the water and give it a change to "burn" anything it comes in contact with. Often this is a great aid to those with nusiance algaes and willl help clarify your water.

What ever water has the ozone injected should be allowed to pass through carbon before mixing with the rest of the system.

50mg is not alot, but you still want to watch the fish for signs of fin burn or stress.

You may want to clean the generating tube before you put it online and use an inline air check valve.  Make sure the "smell" is present before continuing with the installation.

 

HTH

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So I take it not something to add to my HOT turboflotor 1000 Multi. No, have not done it but was thinking about it. <AquaMedic Ozone 25>======<turboflotor 1000 Multi>=====<55gal tank>

[johnnybv]

So I take it not something to add to my HOT turboflotor 1000 Multi. No, have not done it but was thinking about it. <AquaMedic Ozone 25>======<turboflotor 1000 Multi>=====<55gal tank>

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We added ozone to one of our coral tanks last week, and the stuff went wild! All the SPS went from an ok polyp extention to a Viagra extention!

The Ozone basically sterilizes the water, you must monitor the ORP level or you could burn gills very easily. An ORP reading around 400 is ideal. anything over the 430 mark gets a little dicey, over 500 and you are burning gills and fins, 550 fish are dead.

Be sure to use an air dryer on the intake side of the generator as well, moisture decreases performance and could damage the generator. You are more than welcome to come check it out set up at the shop, it is all easily visable. I am currently working with Byron to test another brand, and hopefully stock.

John

[Carl]

and willl help clarify your water.

 

HTH

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So if ozone clarifies the tank...and so does a UV light...do you need one or the other? or both? advantages? disadvantages?

 

assuming a reef tank?

 

FOWLR tank?

 

(is this one of those DSB vs BB discussions????)

[kngfisher]

will do. not far from the house either. current ORP is 320 and already have and ORP monitor/controller (mailwalkee sms125). Just looking for ways to improve my setup.

 

Dont know if I should take the wife to your store though....she has always wanted a koi pond and I keep telling her no because we live in a townhome and no backyard.

[flowerseller]

So if ozone clarifies the tank...and so does a UV light...do you need one or the other? or both? advantages? disadvantages?

 

IMO,

You don't need both and if you only employ one, make it UV.

 

Ozone has it's benifits so don't get me wrong but you gotta use carbon which removes trace elements. Heck, carbon will clarify your water too.

No need for carbon with UV and you can't burn fins or "gills" with it either.

The old fasioned statements that UV kills good and bad is true but good luck killing enough good to offset the bad.

 

For prospective,

I upgraded to a CurrentUSA 40w UV unit on my 300tgs.

I feel it's the best unit for my application of all I researched.

I like the housing (large), the way the bulb fits into the quartz sleeve, and the single ended T5 bulb it uses. I think no other unit has as close of water contact as this unit.

[ErikS]

because we live in a townhome and no backyard.

No worries there, I'm sure BRK can work something out.....in the living room maybe? Like a combo Koi pond/coffee table?

 

[johnnybv]

:D

No worries there, I'm sure BRK can work something out.....in the living room maybe? Like a combo Koi pond/coffee table?

 

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We actually have a 1000 gal townhouse ready pond in our display area! :D

[Guest Ominojacu]

IMO,

You don't need both and if you only employ one, make it UV.

 

Ozone has it's benifits so don't get me wrong but you gotta use carbon which removes trace elements. Heck, carbon will clarify your water too.

No need for carbon with UV and you can't burn fins or "gills" with it either.

The old fasioned statements that UV kills good and bad is true but good luck killing enough good to offset the bad.

 

For prospective,

I upgraded to a CurrentUSA 40w UV unit on my 300tgs.

I feel it's the best unit for my application of all I researched.

I like the housing (large), the way the bulb fits into the quartz sleeve, and the single ended T5 bulb it uses. I think no other unit has as close of water contact as this unit.

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I am new to this and my tank is still cycling, but from everything I've read has steared me in the opposite direction. Ozone which is O3 brakes down into oxygen as is burns away nitrate, amonia, bacteria ect. leaving your tank at near saturation level of oxygen just as natural reef is. UV. is better at killing bacteria and ich etc. But the bulbs, which are not cheap have to be changed every six months or more, and some people feel that fish in a UV tank have a lowered immune system. The water going into a UV filter should be absolutely clean for it to work properly and you have no way to monitor the UV in the tank other then its effect, so if a bulb gets gunked up or puts out bad spectrum, you won't know. With ozone you can use a orp controller that will let you know exactly were your oxygen levels are. I chose to go with ozone, I'd rather change carbon then bulbs any day.