Anyone running ozone????

VegasRick · Mar 19, 2011

Ozone breaks down organics making them easier to be removed by GAC. Ozone used with GAC lowers DOC more than ozone or carbon alone.

RHF has a series of articles on its use.
Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 1: Chemistry and Biochemistry by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

SDguy · Mar 19, 2011

while vodka dosing, and the sebsequent bacterial growth, lowers phosphates and nitrate, which are directly unaffected by ozone.

Bigevill1 · Mar 19, 2011

Here I thought you knew what you were getting into. LoL. I am going to give the bio pellets one more try and if they dont work then I may go to vodka and maybe back to ozone. I did really love how clear the water was with the ozone that was awesome.

reefervet · Mar 20, 2011

Avast makes a great ozone reactor for a great price. I would do that instead of using a skimmer.

Also, no reason you can't run ozone and biopellets at the same time. As long as you're not injecting ozone into the biopellets reactor of course

Troylee · Mar 31, 2011

So I hooked it up today and I'm injecting it into the airline in my skimmer... I am lucky enough
To have a apex with a orp probe which I read is highly recommended... Anyway my orp was at 315 and holding steady even after 4 hrs of use of the ozone....what numbers am I shooting for while running this???? I'm running it on the lowest setting until I get comfortable with everything.... I mean with the tank crash and everything else this was prolly to fast as it is...."waits for backlash I see you looking gparr!!" ahahahahah

Billgax · Mar 31, 2011

www.wetwebmedia.com/redox.htm

CJO · Mar 31, 2011

Randy Holmes-Farley has a good writeup on ORP. IIRC, he basically says that, in general, you want to keep it above 300 and below 400, but it is more useful looking at the trends.

CJ