o2 fed into skimmer?

[milesm4]

I just had an idea, right now I have an ozone generator hooked up to my skimmer. What would happen if I hooked up pure oxygen to the skimmer instead of the ozone? Has anyone done this?

[leslie hempel]

i doubt it will service as a sterilizing agent but we have done that in the abalone profession in S.A. and it increased saturation levels!!!!! definatley had more skimate!!

[milesm4]

Thanks I think I might hook it up for a day and see what happens. I'll take pictures and compare the cup production from each.

[leslie hempel]

make sure you allow 24 hours to elapse before comparing as the oils from your hands may effect the skimming for a few hours after youve fiddled with it!!

[Matt Rogers]

I'm tagging along. Interesting idea.

[milesm4]

Ok I've had it hooked up for around four hours and the skimmer cup is all of the way full! I had it running all day and there was next to nothing in it now full. It was a little tricky dialing in the o2, it's right around three quarters of a liter per minute. At this rate the 22 cubic foot cylinder will be empty in about six more hours.

[Matt Rogers]

whoa! so you've completely replace room air with this or are you bleeding both?

[milesm4]

I replaced the room air with the oxygen, after my last post I had to empty the skimmer cup again. So after ten hours it produced two cups of the stinkiest green sludge I have ever seen. So it seems to work pretty good. It's not at all practical due to the expense of purchasing oxygen tanks but I might consider doing this every few months just to see if I can produce the same results.

[leslie hempel]

wow cant talk a to expence as i am involved in another currency but it seems you have achieved a better result in a shorter space of time!!

good one

[milesm4]

It's really amazing, I had just finished adding red slime remover a few days earlier and the skimmer was really pumping out the gunk. But it was nothing compared to what happened when I added the oxygen.