Ozone: How do you use it? What is stopping you?

[EugeneVan]

Here are my program. I have an overflow sensor build in the skimmer. If the skimmer stop, Ozone stop. If I was feeding my fish (when the sump pump) slow down to 1 % during feeding, Ozonizer stop. When I am doing maintenance work in the tank (I use FeedD) ozonizer stop. When I dose amino acid (FeedB), ozonizer stop. When OPR reading over 430, ozonizer stop. When AC power off, UPS kick in, Ozonizer stop.

I also have a program for the air pump with 2 airstones in the sump. Whenever the Ozonizer turn on, air pump will pump in extra air to the water inside the sump and it will keep on for 10 mins. after the ozonizer switch off to get rid of the leftover/unused ozone in the water.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Update:

So everything checks out: cleaned and calibrated ORP probe, double and triple checked everything.

It seems like ozone in my tank maxes out and it won’t climb after a certain amount of time.

is this possible?

You mean the ORP maxes out, right, not ozone?

it could be the ORP is now more heavily buffered for some reason (more trace elements for example), or the ozone actually delivered is less.

In any case, I see no reason to worry about it.

 

[Clownreef]

You mean the ORP maxes out, right, not ozone?

it could be the ORP is now more heavily buffered for some reason (more trace elements for example), or the ozone actually delivered is less.

In any case, I see no reason to worry about it.

Yes sir, ORP.. sorry. Its happening again. It won't go up past 361 right now. See the graph? It's all weird. It was working fine overnight.

 

[Sean Clark]

Yes sir, ORP.. sorry. Its happening again. It won't go up past 361 right now. See the graph? It's all weird. It was working fine overnight.

Do you have any forced air on your setup (air pump or vacuum pump) or is it just passive through your skimmer?

 

[Clownreef]

Do you have any forced air on your setup (air pump or vacuum pump) or is it just passive through your skimmer?

Just pulled by the skimmer. I should add an air pump..

 

[Sean Clark]

Just pulled by the skimmer. I should add an air pump..

I am just theorizing that perhaps the draw from your skimmer may not be pulling enough air to make full use of the ozone. Some of the ozone may be reacting before it makes it into the water. Just a theory but I have an air pump on mine and have no issue with 200mg/h on 200 gallons. I have my generator set to 4/10. All systems are different with different organics though.