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05-04-2008, 05:08 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Old Bridge, NJ Age: 37
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|  How do I hook up an ozone generator with my skimmer?
Hi guys,
As I'm getting all my gear together, I'm seriously thinking of using ozone with my tank. My tank is 150 gallons and will be an LPS with fish tank, possibly SPS in the future once I get the hang of everything, being new and all. The skimmer I have is an H&S A150, and it will be run in sump. I was wondering how to hook up an ozone generator to this skimmer, if anyone has this particular one. What would be a good brand of ozone generator to use?
If anyone could let me know that would be great. All you guys are awesome!
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05-04-2008, 05:45 PM
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| | Feather Star
Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Beverly Hills, MI Age: 17
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haha i know the feeling, i cant help you unfortunately but i dont want to see your thread fall off so... help anyone? | |
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05-04-2008, 06:30 PM
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| | Giant Squid
Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Elizabethtown, IN Age: 40
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Most of the large skimmers have Ozone ports already made into them. Not really familiar with the one you have but the PM bullet series and Aqua C's have Ozone ports built in.
Do you have a tank controller to run the Ozone with?? If not then you need to get one with a controller built in. Red Sea 200 Plus is a good one and you can find them about anywhere. _________ Scott 265g (Peninsula)
3x400w MH's, 4x95w Actinics, AAT Lunar Lights, OM 4-way CL, PM Bullet 3 Skimmer, DelZone Eclipse 1 O3 Generator, WavySea Plus for return, AAT Kalk Reactor, KNOP Ca Reactor w/PM Second Chamber, TradeWinds Chiller, ACIII Controller, Oceanus ATO, PM PO4 Reactor, 75g Sump, 30g Fuge Born March 5, 2007 My 265 Gal. Tank Thread " REAL TIME TANK STATS "   | |
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05-04-2008, 06:53 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Old Bridge, NJ Age: 37
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 Cool! Thanks for the help! I'll look into the Red Sea controller. My skimmer doesn't seem to have an ozone port--it only has an airline with a little plastic clamp on it. I guess this is where you hook up the ozone if you want--just not sure how. | |
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05-04-2008, 07:21 PM
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| | Feather Duster
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The other way is to hook up an air pump to the ozone unit and feed it through a wooden airstone into the skimmer reaction chamber.
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05-04-2008, 07:24 PM
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| | Gnarly Old Codfish
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Originally Posted by SeaGirl  Cool! Thanks for the help! I'll look into the Red Sea controller. My skimmer doesn't seem to have an ozone port--it only has an airline with a little plastic clamp on it. I guess this is where you hook up the ozone if you want--just not sure how. | Probably it...airline port is way to get ozone into skimmer.
Make sure to run skimmer outflow thru some carbon.
Also need ozone proof air tubing.
Good luck! _________ AG "125," AquaC EV 180, 30 gal sump, "SCWD", 80 lbs LR, CoralSeaLife "Moonlite" Hood, PFO 250W HQI Mini-Pendant (SPS HQI 14000k bulb)
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05-05-2008, 06:09 PM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Thanks so much! | |
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05-06-2008, 04:34 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Ozone should never be just bubbled into the water via an air diffuser. Thats the way it was done long ago until the fish started to loose flesh (: you never want any Free ozone in the water .. It has or should be contained with in a reactor or skimmer then all the ozonenated water has to leave that reactor and be passed through carbon. and a little splashing and bubbling while being exposed to the atmosphere as as to revert from 0'3 back to 0'2 Just that single free molecule can kill a system over a period of time.
Ozone is great stuff and I love it but its like a loaded gun safe if understand it and you have to know how to handle it.. And a Controller is a must or a ORP meter and the 0'3 generator to be ran on a timer.. _________ Some of the world's greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible (Doug Larson) | |
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05-06-2008, 07:57 AM
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| | Astrea Snail
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Thanks for the advice, Tangster! Using ozone is starting to sound a little too scary--  maybe I'll think about a UV sterilizer instead. | |
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05-06-2008, 10:15 AM
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| | 3reef Sponsor
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Originally Posted by SeaGirl Thanks for the advice, Tangster! Using ozone is starting to sound a little too scary-- maybe I'll think about a UV sterilizer instead. | No OZONE is not scary at all and its far better then a U/V as far as I'm concerned a U/V is a total waste of money most negative press about ozone was produced when the U/V's hit the market.. Ozone is great and the best by far you just have to follow certain guide lines .. Back when I got my first Saunders unit 1970 or so they looked like a little pig LOL It really did as we all called them the little Pig's we used to bubble them into the tank on a timer on and off so many hrs a day controllers where not on the radar yet at this level.
And some as with everything just figured that well if 3 hrs a day is good then 12 hrs aday has to be better. But if you get a good ORP controller then you will have no problems .. I think 0'3 is about the single thing that could be added to a tank. Simple cheap to maintain and they work. many many yrs. Look into the Red Sea Plus units O'3 reverts back to just air in a N.Y second or less , I just mentioned it so as to keepanyone from just blasting in raw Ozone through a airstone and pump | |
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