how do you filter ozone out of skimmer water?

wakesetter · 03/08/2006, 11:37 PM

I started using ozone on a couple of tanks and I am having issues with carbon filtering the water coming out of the skimmer. for the air I drilled a couple of holes in the ASM skimmer tops and put a cup of carbon with holes in the bottom of it on top of the lid. This seems to work great. For the water outlet I put an elbow on the vertical pipe and another vertical going down into a specimen container with a bag of carbon in it. Then I put a bulkhead in the bottom of the specimen container to drain the water into the sump. On a couple of the tanks is seems to work well. On a couple I get a pretty good ozone smell out of it still. Is there a better way to strip the water of the ozone? A picture could really help.

THanks

hawaiianwargod · 03/09/2006, 12:24 AM

wakesetter,

Sorry I dont have a picture but I think you can place a bag of carbon where the skimmer effluent at should be sufficient.

wakesetter · 03/09/2006, 08:09 AM

thanks.

Anyone else?

KevinM · 03/09/2006, 08:31 AM

Could it be that you have more O3 being pumped into the tanks in question? How are you measuring O3 input...flowmeters? How are you balancing O3 input between the different tanks?

wakesetter · 03/09/2006, 09:04 AM

they are all large tanks...300-400 gallon reefs and they have either Aquacontrollers or orp controllers. The ozone units are GenX ozonators. All three are cranked up almost to max output in order to get the orp up to 400.

THanks

alten78 · 03/09/2006, 10:43 AM

not to get off subject, but how long does carbon last for filtering the air coming out of the skimmer? How do you know when it needs to replaced?

03/08/2006, 11:37 PM	#1
wakesetter Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,641	how do you filter ozone out of skimmer water? I started using ozone on a couple of tanks and I am having issues with carbon filtering the water coming out of the skimmer. for the air I drilled a couple of holes in the ASM skimmer tops and put a cup of carbon with holes in the bottom of it on top of the lid. This seems to work great. For the water outlet I put an elbow on the vertical pipe and another vertical going down into a specimen container with a bag of carbon in it. Then I put a bulkhead in the bottom of the specimen container to drain the water into the sump. On a couple of the tanks is seems to work well. On a couple I get a pretty good ozone smell out of it still. Is there a better way to strip the water of the ozone? A picture could really help. THanks

03/09/2006, 12:24 AM	#2
hawaiianwargod Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: 11 54' N, 121 55' E Posts: 1,836	wakesetter, Sorry I dont have a picture but I think you can place a bag of carbon where the skimmer effluent at should be sufficient. __________________ "To be a successful reefer, one must master the art of mimicry" ~Hawaiianwargod~ [E] levated [L] evel [O] f [S] weetness Current Tank Info: 210+ - "G" Elos 160XL [~]

03/09/2006, 08:31 AM	#4
KevinM Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Dallas Posts: 752	Could it be that you have more O3 being pumped into the tanks in question? How are you measuring O3 input...flowmeters? How are you balancing O3 input between the different tanks? __________________ "To subdue the enemy without fighting is the supreme excellence." Sun Tzu - The Art of War Current Tank Info: Custom 120g acrylic coming soon.

03/09/2006, 10:43 AM	#6
alten78 Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Sheffield Lake, OH Posts: 1,231	not to get off subject, but how long does carbon last for filtering the air coming out of the skimmer? How do you know when it needs to replaced? __________________ When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. Then find a person where life gave them vodka and have a party. ~ Ron White Current Tank Info: 120g SPS dominated

03/09/2006, 08:09 AM	#3
wakesetter Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,641	thanks. Anyone else?

03/09/2006, 09:04 AM	#5
wakesetter Premium Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: CA Posts: 1,641	they are all large tanks...300-400 gallon reefs and they have either Aquacontrollers or orp controllers. The ozone units are GenX ozonators. All three are cranked up almost to max output in order to get the orp up to 400. THanks