Anyone run Ozone?

i would like to have a info meeting about this.

 

Great topic Troy. I'm doing some research on this now so maybe we can discuss this as a group at our next social. I'm obviously no expert, but I can at least share the information that I will have found at that point.

--AJ

 

Seems like this has been discussion lately and would be a good topic for a meet. I believe AJ had some comments come from Calfo about running ozone. Hopefully he will chime in on what exactly was said.

 

There wasn't much said at all. He made a recommendation to Mike at Pet's Playhouse that he should run ozone and I asked a few questions about that recommendation since I've not heard many others recommend the same thing. I knew that if he described things to me, that I would forget most of what he said, so I'm doing my own research on the topic so that I can read (and re-read) things until they finally soak into my thick skull.

--AJ

 

IMO... a well setup home reef with excellent water quality and good husbandry shouldn't notice a huge difference in running ozone or not. I feel they are most beneficial to tanks that house large numbers of fish and stores to help prevent illness.

 

Maybe the next meeting could be a little more general dicussing water quality in general. It's something that everyone knows is important but many might not have parameters as good as they could be. I don't know if Troy has any of my D&D po4 test kit left but you guys are more than welcome to use what's left to test anything you'd like.

 

Here's a few articles I'm starting with:

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 1: Chemistry and Biochemistry - http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-03/rhf/index.php
Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 2: Equipment and Safety - http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/rhf/index.php
Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 3: Changes in a Reef Aquarium upon Initiating Ozone - http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-05/rhf/index.php

If nothing else, they should help me understand the topic better.

--AJ

 

Here's a couple more from Calfo's list of favorite URLs:

http://www.marinedepot.com/FORUMS/Topic26819-13-1.aspx
http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=639805

--AJ