Ozone discussion here

I heard the off gassing of ozone was toxic to humans?!?! In my skimmer manual, it has a special hookup for ozone injection and calls for the air coming out of the collection cup to be filtered through carbon before being released into your home's air. I'll check out my skimmer manual again when I get home to elaborate on this more.

I have never tried ozone and don't know much about it, this is just what my manual says. I am by no means any expert, this is all I have to offer!

 

Like I said in the other thread, I have never used it in my tanks. The main reason for the carbon, in my opinion, would be to prevent it from escaping into your house, which can be a bad thing if you are pumping it out 24/7. The other concern I have is if the redox value of the water gets too high nasty things start to happen, such as hydrochloric and hydrobromic acid, basicaly bleach.

That being said, if you can control and monitor it, I would think the benefits would be pretty big...

 

adam thats exactly what i read also.

 

Also, not ozone specific, I've always loved the saying, "Never put anything in your tank you can't test for."

 

Those small ozonizors are very small, you shouldnt have to worry about over doing it into your tank. I would start out with it on a timerfor 5 minutes an hour & slowly increase it.
Ozone is already found in every day household appliances. Have you ever been around an electric train set? That smell from the engine is Ozone. Also when you use a mixer, blender, any lights with a ballast.
Have you seen those indoor air purifiers?  All they do is put ozone in the air in your home.
A good precaution is to have a large air exchange in your home.  Either have an air exchanger built in (code in all new homes).  Another way to circulate indoor/outdoor air is to leave your bathroom fan run more.  Takes indoor out causing a vacuum to bring in fresh air when you open an outside door.

 

hah and here all that was running through my mind was  " I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

 

I can't imagine doing it without have an ORP probe. But then again I have read that ORP probes are not accurate over time. I am thinking of trying it myself in the next few months but will be very cautious as I have been told and have read of crashes.

 

Here's some links to a great 3 part series from Randy Holmes-Farley.
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
I hope you find these helpful.
--AJ

 

I started looking to this a little after reading the other thread that it got brought up in. So Calfo was saying all you need is something like this http://cgi.ebay.com/Ozone-Generator-Aquarium-Purifier-Ozonizer-Air-Pump-AP-/250723383811?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a60473a03#ht_4174wt_907

 

I was actually looking at this one for a pool or spa with 3X the output:
http://cgi.ebay.com/300-mg-hr-Spa-Ozone-Generator-Hot-Tub-Water-Ozonator-/220698458107?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3362a737fb

 

for anyone interested there is one for sale on RC for 30 bucks

http://reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1934708

might be worth it for a cheap experiment.

 

Ouch on the ORP probe price! Specially when you hear things on them not lasting long and such.

 

The Reef Fanatic probe is $40 at PA
http://premiumaquatics.com/store/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PA&Product_Code=RF-ORPPROBE&Category_Code=

 

One other thing to keep in mind that I had forgotten is that Ozone is supposedly hard on plastics such as impellors and seals. There are discussions of early failures of pumps using ozone that has caused severe problems.

 

So if you are going to run Ozone is it best to go full blown or will you see benefits going with the small amounts? I think if I decide to do it I will still get a probe to monitor and program something in as a fail safe in case something does go wrong. I also interested in the best way to supply it to the tank. My skimmer has no true input for it. Is it worth trying to go this route if I can DIY a way to inject it into the skimmer? It sounds like most people use a reactor of some sort. I have done some light reading but not any deep reading on the subject. I hope we can all learn together on this and go from there.