I've been offered to try an ozonizer in my fresh water tank, and I was wondering if anyone has any experience using ozone? I would like some advice before I go ahead and try it out.
Ozone in Freshwater Aquariums
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*bump* since I also would like to know, and have not found any discussions about it's use in freshwater. When reading about ozon it sound's pretty useful.
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I know that ozone has an incredibly short half-life in saltwater and is very unstable in air but i have no idea how long it lasts in freshwater. It may persist for longer or shorter i have no idea. Either way all you need to do is accommodate the half-life of it so your fish are not exposed to it.
I know that ozone has an incredibly short half-life in saltwater and is very unstable in air but i have no idea how long it lasts in freshwater. It may persist for longer or shorter i have no idea. Either way all you need to do is accommodate the half-life of it so your fish are not exposed to it.
Zander_The_RBP;4807609; said:
I thought ozone was very unstable anywhere. It's not the ozone itself breaking up organic matter in your water, it's after the O3 decays into O2 and O that it can break stuff up, because that O atom will attach itself to organic compounds, oxidizing them. Well, at least that's what I read, somewhere.
According to this: http://www.redseafish.com/languages\95\pdf\169.pdf which seems to be a user's manual for an ozone filter, they only work in freshwater in pH of above 7.5