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Originally Posted by reeferaddict
Wow you guys are sure making this sound complicated... !!! I just run mine through the skimmer... run the effluent from the skimmer through a bag of carbon I change once a month... and the pressurized collection cup I built lets the air escape through another pack of carbon .... If ozone was this hard I wouldn't be running it!  |
LOL. You are right. Ozone does not have to be that hard.
That being said though, running it through a pressurized reactor increases contact time with the water in a huge way, bringing along a lot of added benefits.
From ReefCentral:
"Skimmers water and air flow rates, and even their engineering design itself, are optimized for skimming, not for ozone injection and reaction. The longer the ozonated water has to react, the more oxidation of organic molecules can take place. This is not a design criterion with skimmers, where the air/water contact time is maximized, but the water alone is not held for any purpose. If the water's flow rate is too high, and hence its turnover rate too high, the concentration of ozone in the water, and the contact time for it to react with organic materials, may be less than optimal."
If you are going to use a skimmer for Ozone
"Select a skimmer that allows a substantial volume of water to be contained within it, so that the ozonated water is not immediately swept away and passed over the GAC (where the ozonation reactions largely end)."
Here is the full article:
http://www.reefkeeping.com/issues/2006-04/rhf/index.php