Ozonizer
- Thread starter crox99
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I'm using one, actually 500mg/hr (3 units together)
I feed it to air dryer then to my skimmer, it really clears up my water, brings up ORP, and supposely zap all waterborn parasites,etc.
One thing, you must really be careful that it doesn't have any direct contact with animals, it kills it!
Onetime, my sump level got low, and the bubbles from the skimmer got sucked into the display tank, few corals took a noticeble hit!
something to watch out for
Sincerely,
ps. what is optimum ORP???????????
I feed it to air dryer then to my skimmer, it really clears up my water, brings up ORP, and supposely zap all waterborn parasites,etc.
One thing, you must really be careful that it doesn't have any direct contact with animals, it kills it!
Onetime, my sump level got low, and the bubbles from the skimmer got sucked into the display tank, few corals took a noticeble hit!
something to watch out for
Sincerely,
ps. what is optimum ORP???????????
- Location
- Franklin Lakes, NJ
Yup... otherwise how do you know what to set it to? Would you pour saltwater into your tank without checking salinity? Always test before adding/dosing/etc.
Crox, I don't think you need an ORP probe, heck I don't even know what level is optimum so Don't bother,
Most people feed it via airpump into your skimmer air intake, and all the rxn occurs in the skimmer.
Make sure you use a NORPRENE airline tubing! O3 is high reactant with anything, dissolving and so if you use regular airline tubing, it will melt it down. If you sniff O3, it can and will give you headach, so be careful!
Also Its proper way is to hook it up to an airdryer before it hits the skimmer, because moisture deminishes O3.
Sincerely,
Most people feed it via airpump into your skimmer air intake, and all the rxn occurs in the skimmer.
Make sure you use a NORPRENE airline tubing! O3 is high reactant with anything, dissolving and so if you use regular airline tubing, it will melt it down. If you sniff O3, it can and will give you headach, so be careful!
Also Its proper way is to hook it up to an airdryer before it hits the skimmer, because moisture deminishes O3.
Sincerely,
- Location
- Franklin Lakes, NJ
An excerpt from:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/rhf/feature/index.htm
ORP
I do not recommend that aquarists try to "control" ORP.
The oxidation reduction potential (ORP) of a marine aquarium is a measure of its water's relative oxidizing power. ORP has often been recommended to aquarists as an important water parameter, and some companies sell products (equipment and chemicals) designed to control ORP. Many who recommended ORP control have convinced aquarists that it is a measure of the aquarium water's relative "purity," despite this never having been clearly demonstrated.
ORP, at its heart, is very, very complicated. It is perhaps the single most complicated chemical feature of marine aquaria that aquarists will typically encounter. ORP involves many chemical details that are simply unknown, either for seawater or for aquaria. It involves processes that are not at equilibrium, and so are difficult to understand and predict. Even more daunting is the fact that the chemicals that control ORP in one aquarium might not even be the same chemicals that control ORP in another aquarium, or in natural seawater.
ORP is an interesting, if complicated, measure of the properties of water in a marine aquarium. It has uses for monitoring certain events in aquaria that impact ORP but may be otherwise hard to detect. These events could include immediate deaths of organisms, as well as long term increases in the levels of organic materials. Aquarists who monitor ORP, and who do other things that seem appropriate for maintaining an aquarium (such as increasing aeration, skimming, use of carbon, etc.) may find monitoring ORP to be a useful way to see progress.
ORP measurements are very susceptible to errors. Aquarists are strongly cautioned to not overemphasize absolute ORP readings, especially if they have not recently calibrated their ORP probe. Rather, ORP measurements are most useful when looking at changes in measured ORP over time.
Some aquarists use oxidizers to raise ORP. These additions may benefit some aquaria, and maybe in ways that aren't demonstrated by changes in ORP alone. I've never added such materials to my aquarium. In the absence of convincing data otherwise, such additions seem to me to be potentially riskier than is justified by their demonstrated and hypothesized benefits.
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2004-05/rhf/index.php
http://reefkeeping.com/issues/2003-12/rhf/feature/index.htm
ORP
I do not recommend that aquarists try to "control" ORP.
The oxidation reduction potential (ORP) of a marine aquarium is a measure of its water's relative oxidizing power. ORP has often been recommended to aquarists as an important water parameter, and some companies sell products (equipment and chemicals) designed to control ORP. Many who recommended ORP control have convinced aquarists that it is a measure of the aquarium water's relative "purity," despite this never having been clearly demonstrated.
ORP, at its heart, is very, very complicated. It is perhaps the single most complicated chemical feature of marine aquaria that aquarists will typically encounter. ORP involves many chemical details that are simply unknown, either for seawater or for aquaria. It involves processes that are not at equilibrium, and so are difficult to understand and predict. Even more daunting is the fact that the chemicals that control ORP in one aquarium might not even be the same chemicals that control ORP in another aquarium, or in natural seawater.
ORP is an interesting, if complicated, measure of the properties of water in a marine aquarium. It has uses for monitoring certain events in aquaria that impact ORP but may be otherwise hard to detect. These events could include immediate deaths of organisms, as well as long term increases in the levels of organic materials. Aquarists who monitor ORP, and who do other things that seem appropriate for maintaining an aquarium (such as increasing aeration, skimming, use of carbon, etc.) may find monitoring ORP to be a useful way to see progress.
ORP measurements are very susceptible to errors. Aquarists are strongly cautioned to not overemphasize absolute ORP readings, especially if they have not recently calibrated their ORP probe. Rather, ORP measurements are most useful when looking at changes in measured ORP over time.
Some aquarists use oxidizers to raise ORP. These additions may benefit some aquaria, and maybe in ways that aren't demonstrated by changes in ORP alone. I've never added such materials to my aquarium. In the absence of convincing data otherwise, such additions seem to me to be potentially riskier than is justified by their demonstrated and hypothesized benefits.
ORP is related to oxidizing and reduction. The amount of O3 you dose into your tank acts as a powerful oxidizer and will react with any reducers. It is how bleach and oxy clean works. Oxidizers are used everyday in our househole. O3 is a powerful oxider in gas form. if you really want to bring up ORP you can use bleach as well j/k Though i dont see what's wrong with sodium hydrochloride. So basically your ozone will look for anything that is a electron donor. It will destroy anytype of organic that is a reducer. That is what i can say about ozone. DOes it work? i think i should, but depends if a retard is using this tool.
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