should I get an ozonizer?

[Gools]

alot of people run them and say what a big difference they make on water quality. I don't need one, but was thinking if adding another toy, to the system to improve things. Some people swear they are the best things, and some people hate them. So just debating.

Mike you still out East. Tank is doing good, but have no more room, have to start chopping stuff up.

[Psyire]

Many Skimmers are Ozone safe, you just want to make sure yours is before injecting ozone into it.

[StirCrazy]

Originally Posted by Psyire

Many Skimmers are Ozone safe, you just want to make sure yours is before injecting ozone into it.

and what is the deciding factor for "Ozone safe"? when you inject Ozone you only inject enuf to treat the water going through the skimmer or what ever you are using as an injection point. Skimmers are a good place as you can "off gas" any excess inside the skimmer. I was going to try Ozone but for me it is to risky as if it screws up while I am gone I will come home to a sterile take devoid of life.
O3 is a super oxidizer so basically it will attach to organics and nuke them, so to much will kill anything in your tank so you have to have a way of monitoring it or get a unit that is slightly under sized for your water volume so you get some benefit with out the risk.

Steve

[Gools]

Can ozone be used by putting an air stone in your sump, and pumping the air through that?

I know there are Ozone reactors, and skimmer to inject ozone, but what if you have neither, how do you add it?

[Skimmerking]

yes nigel im back on nov 4 and let me know what you are going to get rif off ok...

[Veng68]

Originally Posted by Gools

Can ozone be used by putting an air stone in your sump, and pumping the air through that?

I know there are Ozone reactors, and skimmer to inject ozone, but what if you have neither, how do you add it?

Do not inject ozone directly into your system. That is very dangerous. Ozone should always be injected into a skimmer then into a carbon chamber.

Cheers,
Vic[veng68]

[Skimmerking]

Nigel you may want to check on a dryer that hooks up to your skimmer to dry the ozone before having it go into the skimmer.

Talk to Quinn he sells them and has a friend that is making the dryer for them to dry out the ozone before hitting the water.
it suppose to be dry first they say. The ozone is wet there for its not allowing the material to stick to the water cells ,so it has to be dried first for the water to stick to it.. and but remember that if you use Ozone have it vented out outside if you can.

That's what i'm going to do. I'll have the fresh air coming in from outside to the ozone and then to the skimmer and the air from the waste collector will be vented out.

[mr_alberta]

I thought dryers were used to take out any moisture in the air before it gets to the ozone generator.

At any rate you should do a quick search here on the board as I recall there being a nice thread about the pros and cons of ozone.

I use a small 50mg/hr Sanders unit injected into my beckett skimmer's air intake. I run very low doses as I use it only to polish the water and take out the yellow tinge to it. If you wanted to start using ozone to control your ORP, then I would suggest a unit with a controller (though I've read somewhere that those probes need to be replaced often).

[Skimmerking]

Harvey hat is kinda what i was trying to say. you know me .

mike

[Psyire]

Originally Posted by StirCrazy

and what is the deciding factor for "Ozone safe"?

For one, I would talk to the manufacturer of the skimmer and make sure they warranty it against the use of Ozone. For example, my skimmer has a built in Ozone injection port right from the factory.

You are definately right about running ozone blind, I would never use it without an ORP controller. Also, running alittle ozone all the time is better than alot of ozone, on/off. It's definately something that you need to research a lot before just sticking a unit onto your tank.