Reef Tank Ozone - Crystal Clear Water in The Marine Aquarium using a ozone generator 123 6

Reef tank 7 years ago 8,470 views

Ozone is an amazing advanced way to take your aquarium to the next level. Ozone has many benefits for your marine aquarium including providing crystal clear water, reducing smells, breaking down coral toxins, breaking down organics and many possible advantages such as improved skimming and a possible PH boost. Now these benefits can come at a cost. Ozone "can" break down your skimmers or reactor plastics if its not rated for ozone. Ozone in large quantities can be dangerous to your tank inhabitants and can be unhealthy for you! If you are going to use ozone use cation and do so after properly educating your self. today video barely starches the surface into my journey of ozone. If you do plan on implementing a similar system do your research and remember Less is more! I plan on doing a more in depth video on ozone once i can conduct some more test and verify some of my theory's! stay tuned :) -~-~~-~~~-~~-~- Please watch: "Vertex Somatic 60s skimmer giveaway! - ReefDudes 3K Subscriber Contest!!" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiiFUxmsVpE -~-~~-~~~-~~-~-

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Tristian's Reef - 6 years ago

Did ozone discolor your skimmer acrylic?

ReefDudes - 6 years ago

No it has not. I contacted the company first to verify they used ozone safe acrylics. So double check with the skimmer manufacture first! :)

CUBAN REEFER - 7 years ago

What’s the best number for ORP, my ORP has s between 304 and 320 normally

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

300-350 is a good range

jake walsh - 7 years ago

when you use the apex to control the orp, is it just like setting a heater, set your on and off points and let the apex do the rest?

Ash - 7 years ago

Hi Daven great video as usual....i noticed you are using Coral box skimmer. Can you tell me which model is it and how has it been performing? Any issues or anything you would have liked different in it? I m about to buy a skimmer and have narrowed down to either Coral box Cloud 9 or Bubble Magus Curve 9......thanks buddy...

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

The skimmer is a could 9. A little overkill for my tank but it has been solid and issue free. I could prob do a good review video on it if you want

ReeferGil - 7 years ago

Great results

Simon Snape - 7 years ago

Hi, I fond after running ozne with the apex after a month or so that my orp no longer seems to drop even though visually I can see its not as clear, ill be interested to see if you have this happen to you, I just manually run it everynow and then to clear it up.

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Maybe there is nothing left to break down? How many mg for how many hours were you running yours Simon?

Wil Santiago Reefing - 7 years ago

Bell rung! Your videos are of great quality and content.

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Your Amazing Wil Santiago Reefing! Thanks so much!

reef guy 92 - 7 years ago

That's definitely crystal clear I can see ure pumps at the other end lol

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

The camera does not do it justice!

Alejandro Srougo - 7 years ago

Can you share the link on the purchase of the ozone generator?

Alejandro Srougo - 7 years ago

ReefDudes yes that will be fine
I am in the us side

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Yes I can, however this was one has an EU plug..i have been trying to find the same one with a US plug to save people the hassle of converting it... unless of course your inthe UK! :)

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Ellery Wong - 7 years ago

Told you it works well. It will work more efficiently with a drier installed at the pump input.

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

+Ellery Wong I think a quick DIY silaca gel one May be in order :)

mnelson10000 - 7 years ago

That's cool! Is it necessary to run it every night? Would once or twice a week be sufficient?

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Yes I believe it would be. So far I have turned it down a little more each day to try and find the ideal nightly minimal dose :).

Austin's Aquarium - 7 years ago

I've been waiting for this vid...great results now drop the Amazon link for the generator

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

The one i got has an european plug, I'm hunting for something thats good (and not over kill) with a US plug.. I dont want to link to one thats to high of an output for safety purposes!

CUBAN REEFER - 7 years ago

Nice caricatures of you and Wife on the back I believe on the 2:48 count
Very interesting video like someone said before it takes a lot of your time and effort to do this videos to teach us , and am sure we all appreciate your time and effort so is not in vane so keep doing it please .

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Happy to help! thanks for letting me know you appreciate it! these are the type of comments that fuel me to do it! I appreciate your support!!!

Jose Gomez - 7 years ago

HI NICE PLUMBING YOU HAVE IN YOUR BUILT DO YOU HAVE A VIDEO OF YOUR PLUMI NG I LOOKING FOR IDEAS THANKS.

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Try this one, i go over most of my equipment!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TrU0k-4xsqs&t=2s

if all else fails i can make one just on plumbing :)

Jose Gomez - 7 years ago

THANK U BUT I DON'T SEE ANY PLUMBING THERE

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Sure do! well I should..check out the early videos in my playlist - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUwsp9cjKoiOwrcC_2WzMQizuuST4ur7c

Ty Tong - 7 years ago

Do you need an ozone air dryer?

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Yep, and a new ORP probe

Ty Tong - 7 years ago

so the only thing you added is the weipro ozonizer?

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

In theory it makes your ozone generator run more efficient. I'm running a super low amount so i'm not sure how much benefit i will get yet. I may try making a diy one using silica gel.. but we shall see!

EngineeringAquariums - 7 years ago

Dev, really cool video. Quick question, is ur prob setup before or after your protein skimmer?

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

the ORP probe is in the same chamber as the skimmer

AcuaTV - 7 years ago

Very intersting results. I'm curious to know how your ORP develops over time. I've thought about adding ozone to my system as well but haven't hit the trigger yet.

Do you have a video with your PAR readings or will you do one updated with the ozone running?

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

I actually took one.. but for some reason it didnt make it into the video :| there was a 20-40 par increase (pretty substantial) after running it for a few hours. If you do try it start super low! I have been turning mine down a bit more each night :)

Daniel Salt - 7 years ago

Only thing i missed was an explanation on ORP, other than that interesting video

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Redox/ORP yep!

Daniel Salt - 7 years ago

Cheers, i see the term being used frequently (due to apex has the probe i guess), but as i dont measure it myself i have never endulged myself with that knowledge.
Is it related to the value of redox/conductivity of the water?

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

ORP is the oxidation reduction potential of the water.. the ozone is made of 3 oxygen molecules, one of which is released and will latch onto organics in the reaction chamber and oxidize it (break it down). Ill try and explain it more when i do the the followup video ill try to dive into it more.

EngineeringAquariums - 7 years ago

Daniel Salt ORP is oxidation reduction potential and applies to the water chemistry's ability to remove impurities through oxidation

ReefingwithO - 7 years ago

I've been waiting on this video Reefdudes. We'll talk later and hopefully you can give me some tips on how to integrate mine.

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Sounds good! i see lots of benefits using a small amount! I'm seeing a nice PH boost as well! (bonus!)

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Krishna Karkera - 7 years ago

Thank you for the video. Kindly share the link of ozone generator

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Give me another week and I will. I just want to make sure its for sure good before a recommend it.

Nado - 7 years ago

Yes! Was waiting on this

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

Each day i have turned it down a bit more.. i think they key is to find the smallest amount that gives results.. Thanks for sharing your experience with it!

Nado - 7 years ago

at 10 percent of my generator which is at around 22mg/hr if i don't use an air restrictor on the feed side. with the restrictor almost completely closed almost 90%, its roughly 2mg/hr. you truly don't need a lot of ozone and its better to keep it at a super low dose spread out through out the day (or night like i do) than multiple "big" shots for short times. when i first was learning to using ozone i had it cranked up really high and i noticed that all my corals started to look deflated and some of them were closing up, i was over dosing and a lot. it can hurt the fish and burn their gills if you use too much. since then i started reducing it to as small of a dose that i can while doing the white bucket test (fill up a 5 gal bucket of tank water against a white bucket and fill up a 5 gallon bucket of clean fresh salt water and compare the colors) now, my tank water is just as clear as fresh salt water.

my tank is a Red Sea Reefer425xl and it's up against a white back ground corner so you notice really quick if the water ever starts getting that yellow tint lol.

ReefDudes - 7 years ago

I told the apex to turn off ozone when the ORP hits 350.. i guess could raise it a bit more.. I keep turning it down slightly on a daily basis until it peaks there rather than turning on and off.. other interesting bit is seeing a PH boost! There is a ton of other benefits im noticing but that will be in the second video once i can confirm it all!

What size is your tank and how much ozone are you using?

Nado - 7 years ago

If you put a fitting on your lid so that the air coming out is recirculated back into the skimmer but leave that open port on your silencer open, you don't need to use the carbon on top anymore. It's one thing I took from the LifeReef skimmer and incorporated to my reef octopus sro3000 skimmer. Keep an eye on your rubber hose on your skimmer. My old RLSS db6i skimmer I dry rotted from using ozone as it wasn't made for it. I have a ozotech Poseidon series that I run at the lowest setting and restrict airflow to it so it doses less. I do that so I could run the skimmer 24/7 if I wanted but I don't. I don't because by the next day my skimmer stops producing anything. My ORP averages 415

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