using a ozonizer?
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Just from my experience, the biggest issues I've seen with UV is that generally speaking the units are under sized and don't allow enough contact time to do the trick. I've had and have heard others having a lot of leaking gasket issues allowing water into the quartz sleeves the bulbs rest in.
I like ozone for bigger systems due to the ability to sterilize 100% and still off gas prior to the water hitting the tank - meaning you're getting everything you need. From my experience ozone is also cheaper long term.
We run both right now at the aquarium. Our new touch pool runs both UV (750watts) and O3 injection to keep it clean. For treating incoming water from the bay, we use ozone injection and run the ORP up over 600 mV for 24 hours to insure 100% sterilized water before it goes into the display.
When I said UV is good to keep clean systems clean is that UV is good for killing off most of the eggs of parasites, but at the levels used in most aquarium situations it won't kill any other stages in the life cycle. So if you have an outbreak or are hoping to use it in a quarantine situation, you're still going to have issues. Ozone is adjustable, and you can kill off anything in the water column if need be.
Each does have it's pros and cons for sure.
I like ozone for bigger systems due to the ability to sterilize 100% and still off gas prior to the water hitting the tank - meaning you're getting everything you need. From my experience ozone is also cheaper long term.
We run both right now at the aquarium. Our new touch pool runs both UV (750watts) and O3 injection to keep it clean. For treating incoming water from the bay, we use ozone injection and run the ORP up over 600 mV for 24 hours to insure 100% sterilized water before it goes into the display.
When I said UV is good to keep clean systems clean is that UV is good for killing off most of the eggs of parasites, but at the levels used in most aquarium situations it won't kill any other stages in the life cycle. So if you have an outbreak or are hoping to use it in a quarantine situation, you're still going to have issues. Ozone is adjustable, and you can kill off anything in the water column if need be.
Each does have it's pros and cons for sure.
http://www.aquariumpros.com/articles/sterilprocon2.shtml
http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f6/ozone-102682.html
Ozones scare me to much. Make sure to do your reading, cause thats one of the last things i would do to my tank!
http://www.thereeftank.com/forums/f6/ozone-102682.html
Ozones scare me to much. Make sure to do your reading, cause thats one of the last things i would do to my tank!
Jabba954;4306628; said:
UV is Emporer Aquatics 750 watt (5 bulbs).
http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcategories/3740/High-Output-UV-Sterilizers
Ozone is a Dell unit making 7 grams/hour - it feeds into the RK2 skimmer, then into a degas chamber before heading back to the display.
http://www.aquaticeco.com/subcatego...scharge-Ozone-Generators?mybuyscid=9873024708
TheCanuck;4306647; said:
You should never use ozone without the ORP controller and proper set up. The controller will shut off the ozone production if the level gets too high. And a good degas set up will allow any excess build up to burn out of the system prior to it hurting your fish even if your safety set up fails.
I guess I am going to be adding a small rk2 skimmer to the system for a reactor, since my skimmer cant handle the ozone. Custom Aquatic was suppose to send me a quote with the details this afternoon, but I never received anything yet. Jabba when I get the details i will let you know, Im pretty sure they recommended a ozotech 400 model though.
I finally got everything ordred today and should get everything by the end of next week. I am going to use a small rk2 skimmer (xf6 2.5) with a ozotech 400mg ozonizer, and a Milwaukee sms510 orp controller. I didn't order a air dryer cause I am going to try using it without one, but will probably end up ordering one. RK2 offers one that is fully automatic and bakes itself but its about a 1,000 bucks. just gonna try it and see how it works.
