I have been wanting to try Ozone for a while. I would like to have crystal clear water and furthermore not have to use carbon to achieve that goal. The reason I want to stay away from carbon this go around is because I want to keep the tank stable as possible. On my prior tanks carbon worked great, however it would work for a few days / weeks and then need to be changed. Every time I would change it the light penetration would change drastically increasing the PAR to the tank. My understanding is that with Ozone being dosed once a day combined with an ORP range I can keep the water at the same clarity all of the time.
The tank is 36 x 36 x 20 high. It’s roughly 115 gallons with the sump volume. I got a Poseidon ozone reactor. I also purchased a Tunze 9004 skimmer to use just with Ozone. The skimmer really doesn’t work for this application. I got it because it’s super small and ozone ready. I thought it would be a great solution. However, it’s too small and is specifically designed with “flash skimming” to specifically have a shorter dwell time for the water than other skimmer designs. I should have really read Randy’s 3-part articles on Ozone and ORP. After recently reading it, I now understand that one of the best methods of running ozone would be in a reactor with longer dwell times and most of all having the effluent pass over carbon. The Avast Mutiny Reactor seems to check all of those boxes. My issue is that if I go with that setup, I will not have room for a refugium. One of the challenges with cube tanks is space under the stands. My main protein skimmer is made by Ultra Reef. My skimmers air intake comes from the outside of my house which really helps with PH. I decided to just run a T push for fitting and see if I can have it also pull air from the ozone reactor. I then also put in a ball valve on the air intake that goes to the outside. I wanted to see the skimmers performance if I were to completely close the valve and have it get air from the reactor only. I figured that if it worked fine then I can always swap the ball valve for a solenoid valve and automate something with my apex for when the Ozone setup is running. It doesn’t work because as soon as I close the valve the skimmer doesn’t pull enough air through the ozone generator (and that’s running it without an air dryer). I even tried using an air pump into the generator and then to the skimmer, but with the valve to the exterior air closed which is essentially how the skimmer runs without any air restrictions weather from the exterior or not, the ozone generator is too restrictive. Will the way I have it setup work at all? It’s mixing the Air from the Ozone generator with the fresh air, and everything is totally open without and check valves or anything. See the picture below.
Thanks,
Adam
The tank is 36 x 36 x 20 high. It’s roughly 115 gallons with the sump volume. I got a Poseidon ozone reactor. I also purchased a Tunze 9004 skimmer to use just with Ozone. The skimmer really doesn’t work for this application. I got it because it’s super small and ozone ready. I thought it would be a great solution. However, it’s too small and is specifically designed with “flash skimming” to specifically have a shorter dwell time for the water than other skimmer designs. I should have really read Randy’s 3-part articles on Ozone and ORP. After recently reading it, I now understand that one of the best methods of running ozone would be in a reactor with longer dwell times and most of all having the effluent pass over carbon. The Avast Mutiny Reactor seems to check all of those boxes. My issue is that if I go with that setup, I will not have room for a refugium. One of the challenges with cube tanks is space under the stands. My main protein skimmer is made by Ultra Reef. My skimmers air intake comes from the outside of my house which really helps with PH. I decided to just run a T push for fitting and see if I can have it also pull air from the ozone reactor. I then also put in a ball valve on the air intake that goes to the outside. I wanted to see the skimmers performance if I were to completely close the valve and have it get air from the reactor only. I figured that if it worked fine then I can always swap the ball valve for a solenoid valve and automate something with my apex for when the Ozone setup is running. It doesn’t work because as soon as I close the valve the skimmer doesn’t pull enough air through the ozone generator (and that’s running it without an air dryer). I even tried using an air pump into the generator and then to the skimmer, but with the valve to the exterior air closed which is essentially how the skimmer runs without any air restrictions weather from the exterior or not, the ozone generator is too restrictive. Will the way I have it setup work at all? It’s mixing the Air from the Ozone generator with the fresh air, and everything is totally open without and check valves or anything. See the picture below.
Thanks,
Adam
