Ozone, do you use it?

Yeah. I keep going back and forth! Can't decide!! LOL! I will be gettinghooked up with a free 50 lb bag of dessicant beads from a friend, so I could make my own dryer...but, is it worth it....

The red sea has everything, plus it is adjustable in mg...hmmmmmm

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Another tidbit to help with your decision: The Enaly has no easy way to connect a drier. You would need to engineer your own solution.

 

I have decided to go with the Red Sea one....make my life easier!

For the price, and ease of use and hook up....it just makes sense!

Thanks for the advice! I will post how it goes when I get it!

 

Does anyone know which protein skimmers are ozone safe?

 

I believe most acrylics are ozone safe....it is the gaskets and rubber you need to replace...I have to find the link of materials for ya....give me a few...

 

Well, I have been unable to find that link again!

And today I got my Aquazone Deluxe ozone generator and controller from Premium Aquatics!

I hooked up the ORP probe and the reading I am getting, with no ozone started yet, is 310 mv!

The desired range is 300 - 350, so I was actually surprised to see it that high.

I will give it a week or so to settle in ( I hear that ORP probes need time to get correct readings) and keep you all posted. I will probably run it gently to see if I get any water clarity from it ;D

 

An ORP probe will settle in after several hours; no need to wait a week. It's also not surprising that your ORP was in the good range. If it weren't, you probably would have noticed your tank looking "under the weather" ... or worse.

With a very small dose of ozone, you should see noticably clearer water and little (if any) change to the ORP. That's why I don't tell people they absolutely need the probe or controller. It adds a level of safety, but ozone can be beneficial in such small doses that it's easier to simply undersize the generator and go low tech.

Be sure to keep us up to date on the effects you see in your system!

 

Thanks! ;D

 

OK, got the parts I needed to hook the ozone through my skimmer! YAY!

Anywhoo....the MV have been around 330, so I adjusted the high end to 340 to start...we shall see how that goes! I'll keep you all posted. I am looking for improved water clarity. ;D

 

OK! It has been running for about a week now! I do believe the water is clearer! I have the ozone controller set to 340 still, but the highest redox I have seen was 407 mv!!!!!

I know the range is 350 - 400, but if it goes higher on it's own, I assume that is OK? I know it is not making ozone because the little red light does not go on during the day. I guess the little application made a good bit of difference! My animals look great! ;D

The Red Sea unit is very user friendly - I like it alot!