Ozone Any Info?

[garybuk]

Hi iv just got my ghl computer unit it has redox controler on it so im wanting to give ozone a try!! can any one tell me any info on how it works and hi i would wire it up?

 

[SkiFletch]

Most people inject it direct into a skimmer. Usually the ozone unit comes with an air dryer. You hook a small air pump up to the dryer then the dryer up to the ozone unit. Last the ozone unit goes into the skimmer air inlet. The dryer removes the humidity from the air (which gums up the ozonizer if not removed). I manually add Ozone at around 30-35mg/hr. You CAN hook up an ozonizer to an ORP controller but I'm personally not a fan.

 

[garybuk]

Most people inject it direct into a skimmer. Usually the ozone unit comes with an air dryer. You hook a small air pump up to the dryer then the dryer up to the ozone unit. Last the ozone unit goes into the skimmer air inlet. The dryer removes the humidity from the air (which gums up the ozonizer if not removed). I manually add Ozone at around 30-35mg/hr. You CAN hook up an ozonizer to an ORP controller but I'm personally not a fan.

Thanks ski ! i really wana try one! how much would i be looking to pay for such unit? im also told it helps make your tank look super clear and help others things too!

But im also worried can this kill me if i got it roung? i no it will kill my fish if it goes over 460mV hence i sent my ghl to turn it off at 400?

 

[SkiFletch]

Yup, definitely helps with water clarity. Removes a lot of yellow tinge you didn't know was there. Dunno what they cost in the UK, but here a brand new manual controlled unit cost me $200. I notice equipment is about equal just replacing the dollar sign with the pound sign in most cases with aquarium hardware.

Yes, it can technically kill your fish, and perhaps eventually you (although you're a much tougher vertebrate than a saltwater fish ). You'll know right away if you are adding too much ozone, your nose will tell you. If you're adding too much, you'll come home one day and your room with the fishtank will smell like a subway. That sort of sweet but pungent smell you get in subway systems is from the Ozone created by the arcing of high voltage electricity to drive the trains. So if you smell that, back it off just a bit

 

[garybuk]

Back again got my ozone now its only a 25mg/h and my tank is 350l and 50l sump!! so very under powerd but didnt want to go into any trubble! soo anyway im wondering a few things

1. can i use silocone tubing on this?
2. my skimmer doesnt run thur the night
2.a can i put it in my tank
2.b or would it be better going into a calcium reactor?
2.c or just in the sump( but that at the min doesnt run over night)
3.i will be controlling it thur my red ox controller whats a safe mv to turn it on and off at?
4. any other inporting things im missing

hoping ski you can help me out hear thanks

 

[SkiFletch]

1 - No, O3 (ozone) will degrade most silicone tubings. You'll need to find ozone-safe tube
2 - That's OK

As for where to inject it, do you have a model that requires a supplimental air pump, or one designed to run on suction?

Honestly, at 25mg/hr, I can't see how it's possible to OD a system that large... But if you want to control, does it have a scale or conversion to ORP (oxidative reduction potential)? or just millivolts?

 

[garybuk]

1 - No, O3 (ozone) will degrade most silicone tubings. You'll need to find ozone-safe tube
2 - That's OK

As for where to inject it, do you have a model that requires a supplimental air pump, or one designed to run on suction?

Honestly, at 25mg/hr, I can't see how it's possible to OD a system that large... But if you want to control, does it have a scale or conversion to ORP (oxidative reduction potential)? or just millivolts?

Hii thanks ski!!

My skimmer is v2 800 so its a run on suction on , i did want to start low then if i do see any slight inprovement i will go higher!

I do have a calcion reactor? can i plumb it into this some how? probley not the best idea

 

[SkiFletch]

Nah, calcium reactor is a very bad way to plumb in ozone.

I suppose if I were in your situation I'd start by trying the ozone on the skimmer and first see if there's even enough suction to pull air through the relatively small passageways in the air dryer and ozonizer. Adding all that stuff to the suction side of your skimmer may require you to use an exceptionally tiny air pump. I know in my own case, I had to buy the smallest air pump I could find cause the bubble rate went way down when I plugged in the skimmer.

 

[garybuk]

Nah, calcium reactor is a very bad way to plumb in ozone.

I suppose if I were in your situation I'd start by trying the ozone on the skimmer and first see if there's even enough suction to pull air through the relatively small passageways in the air dryer and ozonizer. Adding all that stuff to the suction side of your skimmer may require you to use an exceptionally tiny air pump. I know in my own case, I had to buy the smallest air pump I could find cause the bubble rate went way down when I plugged in the skimmer.

thanks ski! just trying it at the min , it dont seem to be working?? theres a little light in the middle doesnt seem to light up at all? keeping eye on my mv level


but do you no anythink about the sander certizon ozone???


EDIT: i can hear it working so im guessing the led dont work!! just gota find out a safe mv reading and make sure it shuts off way befor then !! searching google now

 

[SkiFletch]

Never heard of that make/model. Did your google search pan out?

 

[mixmaster jay]

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