The 262 Reef
One and Only
i familiarized myself with some of the aspects of what i am curious about pertaining to using oxidants to develop a healthier/cleaner system.
I have been running a Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator for about 3 days now.
it turns on at midnight and runs to 12:15 at level 2 on the Poseidon, controlled with a apex and its energy bar and an orp probe.
i currently have it set for if the orp value where to ever reach 350 or greater it will kill power to the outlet and won't let it run until it below this threshold. from what i know seems like 350 tends to be normal or even on a slight lower side of the orp value i see others run their systems at.
i suppose i do have some questions though..
i have been frequently seeing people worry about what's safe and not wanting to kill off the inhabitants of their reef or possibly sterilizing their system, i too do have the same concerns and questions as to figuring out how much is too much and so on and so forth. i actually have been developing some sort of prototype modification for the skimmer that i am using in conjunction with the ozone generator. i almost feel as if everyone overthinks a lot but i also dont understand quite a few things. Im more worried about my own health rather than the reef tank ive stuck thousands into. am i overthinking about my safety and possible have been fear mongered into thinking its really dangerous saying this in lack of better words i suppose.
from what i read, hear, ozone is/can be dangerous to us if we come in contact with it. i mean it does break down organic matter. right?
ive been working with CAD software to implement possibly a new idea about capturing the ozone gas that hasnt been disolved in the water column and escaping out the top of the collection cup. but i have alot of questions before i feel as if my idea is even ideally.. useful. essentially my goal was to create a replacement for the skimmers collection cup lid and replace it with the object i made. to be ideal i would have to have a pretty decent seal made of polymer that doesnt break down as quickly as some polymers do. tpu polymers and a few others are much more resistant. now the model i have worked on for only a brief amount of time still has some honing to do but i actually already 3d printed this object in PLA which really isnt an ideal polymer but it surely wont break down enough to be compromised at least within the next 2 months or so depending on the ozone load thats introduced to it. but is surely isnt sealed either and plan on printing some sort of gasket/o-ring out of some TPU i have. i do also want to add to this secondary collection cup so to speak to utilize the existing lid. currently it doesnt, it just rests on top i suppose. but i also wanted to make a new lid that would allow you to run a tube that refeeds into the tube connected to the venturi. so a t or y split to recycle.
i can fit a fair amount of BRS ROX activated carbon into a mesh bag that fits into this "container". even thought of making it taller to fit more. possibly even wider in diameter.
i also wonder if there is more o3 gas then we think, escaping out of the water column but then again how detrimental is it building up in our homes? i guess i feel as if its better to be safe than sorry?
here is a site stating some information about ozone vs certain types of polymers
**** https://www.oxidationtech.com/blog/materials-ozone-resistance-chart/ ****
i see that people just throw a sack of activated carbon on top of their collection cup lid, is this good enough? maybe for people with much smaller tanks? not needing as much o3 to do what we are trying to achieve?
im pretty confident i am fairly close to 163 gallons of total system water volume.
ive noticed that just in a few days my orp value has gone from low 290's to 340's with very slight variation up and down. i have not hit the 350 mark yet, or i should say the apex reading from the orp probe has not seen 350. the probe is about 5 months old and not sure if its reading is off or not, stating on the simple fact i hear people talking about how you should replace them every year.
im curious to hear what people are thinking or would say to all this as i am pretty new to Ozone.
thoughts? opinions? anything?
i also want to state that im very open to discussion and debate as i dont feel strongly confident in this subject.
Before i really dive into the deep end of this and spend too much time into creating my idea i would really love tons of feedback. I will heavily invest into this.
I have been running a Ozotech Poseidon 200 ozone generator for about 3 days now.
it turns on at midnight and runs to 12:15 at level 2 on the Poseidon, controlled with a apex and its energy bar and an orp probe.
i currently have it set for if the orp value where to ever reach 350 or greater it will kill power to the outlet and won't let it run until it below this threshold. from what i know seems like 350 tends to be normal or even on a slight lower side of the orp value i see others run their systems at.
i suppose i do have some questions though..
i have been frequently seeing people worry about what's safe and not wanting to kill off the inhabitants of their reef or possibly sterilizing their system, i too do have the same concerns and questions as to figuring out how much is too much and so on and so forth. i actually have been developing some sort of prototype modification for the skimmer that i am using in conjunction with the ozone generator. i almost feel as if everyone overthinks a lot but i also dont understand quite a few things. Im more worried about my own health rather than the reef tank ive stuck thousands into. am i overthinking about my safety and possible have been fear mongered into thinking its really dangerous saying this in lack of better words i suppose.
from what i read, hear, ozone is/can be dangerous to us if we come in contact with it. i mean it does break down organic matter. right?
ive been working with CAD software to implement possibly a new idea about capturing the ozone gas that hasnt been disolved in the water column and escaping out the top of the collection cup. but i have alot of questions before i feel as if my idea is even ideally.. useful. essentially my goal was to create a replacement for the skimmers collection cup lid and replace it with the object i made. to be ideal i would have to have a pretty decent seal made of polymer that doesnt break down as quickly as some polymers do. tpu polymers and a few others are much more resistant. now the model i have worked on for only a brief amount of time still has some honing to do but i actually already 3d printed this object in PLA which really isnt an ideal polymer but it surely wont break down enough to be compromised at least within the next 2 months or so depending on the ozone load thats introduced to it. but is surely isnt sealed either and plan on printing some sort of gasket/o-ring out of some TPU i have. i do also want to add to this secondary collection cup so to speak to utilize the existing lid. currently it doesnt, it just rests on top i suppose. but i also wanted to make a new lid that would allow you to run a tube that refeeds into the tube connected to the venturi. so a t or y split to recycle.
i can fit a fair amount of BRS ROX activated carbon into a mesh bag that fits into this "container". even thought of making it taller to fit more. possibly even wider in diameter.
i also wonder if there is more o3 gas then we think, escaping out of the water column but then again how detrimental is it building up in our homes? i guess i feel as if its better to be safe than sorry?
here is a site stating some information about ozone vs certain types of polymers
**** https://www.oxidationtech.com/blog/materials-ozone-resistance-chart/ ****
i see that people just throw a sack of activated carbon on top of their collection cup lid, is this good enough? maybe for people with much smaller tanks? not needing as much o3 to do what we are trying to achieve?
im pretty confident i am fairly close to 163 gallons of total system water volume.
ive noticed that just in a few days my orp value has gone from low 290's to 340's with very slight variation up and down. i have not hit the 350 mark yet, or i should say the apex reading from the orp probe has not seen 350. the probe is about 5 months old and not sure if its reading is off or not, stating on the simple fact i hear people talking about how you should replace them every year.
im curious to hear what people are thinking or would say to all this as i am pretty new to Ozone.
thoughts? opinions? anything?
i also want to state that im very open to discussion and debate as i dont feel strongly confident in this subject.
Before i really dive into the deep end of this and spend too much time into creating my idea i would really love tons of feedback. I will heavily invest into this.
