do you need ozone

richie a rich · 03/22/2006, 10:03 PM

Do you have to have ozone on your tank? Mine broke after 10 years. Not bad. So I went to buy one my local shop that I have been going to for years. And he did not want to sell it to me. He said look online.

Ti · 03/22/2006, 10:46 PM

u don't NEED it

Bebo77 · 03/22/2006, 10:57 PM

why did he say that?

infrared69 · 03/23/2006, 02:00 PM

I dont have one,but the few people i know that have it, the tanks look amazingly clear. also, depending on the types of corals you want to keep. softies, and leathers like "dirtier" more nutrient rich water, as sps demand very clean polished water. and if combining sps and lps it is a must with all the chemical warefare that can occur. i am acutally online right now placing my order for a red sea 100 mg deluxe unit.

TwistedTiger · 03/23/2006, 03:08 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Ti
u don't NEED it

You don't need a Ferrari either but it sure is nice.

reefmutts · 03/23/2006, 03:25 PM

I just introduce Ozone into my tank a month ago. The results are amazing. The water has never been clearer. The extension of my polyps on my SPS and LPS is amazing.

My algea problem has also starting to die off. I wonder why I waited this long.

I have a 50 Sander Ozone generator and a Milwaukee probe. Dont run ozone without a Probe controller. Thats just my opinion.

richie a rich · 03/23/2006, 06:36 PM

IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m looking at the red sea 200 or 300. I not sure which one to go with. But when you control it with a probe, do you get a larger unit then you need? Cause you can monitor it. I never ran my tank without ozone. I have not seen anything different in the tank. But the water is not as clear. Over the past 3 days I have an octopus running everything. So IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m ok with the probe. But do you get a 200 or 300 for a 200gl tank? Ti y do you say you donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t need it. I would like to know. thanks

Iammatt219 · 03/23/2006, 06:52 PM

try an enaly. much cheaper and I have heard that they are just as good

PelagicMagic · 03/23/2006, 07:06 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by reefmutts
I just introduce Ozone into my tank a month ago. The results are amazing. The water has never been clearer. The extension of my polyps on my SPS and LPS is amazing.
My algea problem has also starting to die off. I wonder why I waited this long.

No, you do not need ozone. I have kept my reef in fine condition for years with out it but last month I added a 200mg/hr unit and I will never have a tank without it now. The results are great as mentioned in the quote above. As for having super clean water for sps, that is not 100% true. More and more I have been reading that keeping a moderate load of fish with sps corals actually enhances color and growth. DonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t get me wrong you need clean water but not super clean. I myself keep 18 fish in a dominant sps 180 gallon tank and have not had a problem with my corals health. I also have a lot of LPS corals with no instance of coral warfare. Ok I am getting off topic here. If you are going to get ozone I do not recommend the redsea ozone unit. I would get an enaly unit which has a built in air pump. Its a lot cheaper than the redsea and does the same thing and you wonÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t have to buy a air pump. You should also have an ORP controller and a protein skimmer that can efficiently process ozone into your system or your house will smell like a copy machine room.

infrared69 · 03/23/2006, 09:00 PM

welli have ordered a ASM G-3 skimer and was planning on running the redsea ozone 100 mg/hr deluxe with the air drier and the orp controllerand probe. just dial in the orp and the rea se does the rest. my only experience is what i have read online, and what my LFS uses (the red sea). i would love to search these topics, but it seems the search bar now is forever overloaded

PelagicMagic · 03/23/2006, 09:08 PM

www.enaly.com

jimbo045 · 04/22/2006, 08:23 PM

I feel NO, I actually had one and chose not to use it. JD

infrared69 · 04/23/2006, 12:31 AM

i am now a proud ozone user and very satisfied. nothing can make your tank this clear.

conspicman · 04/23/2006, 07:05 AM

In the past I had very successful tanks with out ozone. Now I use ozone and I feal that it is a great asset. Just rember the greater the water clarity, the greater the light penatration. One of its greatest assets is that one of the buy products of ozone when it oxidises is OXYGEN and we a know how important that is!

03/22/2006, 10:03 PM	#1
richie a rich Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: So. Florida Posts: 15	do you need ozone Do you have to have ozone on your tank? Mine broke after 10 years. Not bad. So I went to buy one my local shop that I have been going to for years. And he did not want to sell it to me. He said look online.

03/22/2006, 10:46 PM	#2
Ti Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Bay Area Posts: 7,927	u don't NEED it __________________ Hair algae is my Macro algae.

03/22/2006, 10:57 PM	#3
Bebo77 Premium Nonpaying Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Lost Posts: 14,377	why did he say that? __________________ Gabriel Current Tank Info: 300 Gal Envision Tank(98Lx30Wx26T) 120 Gal SoCalCreations Sump, Deltec TC2560, 2 LumenarcsMini 1 Reg on a light mover W Radiums 250& 400, Gallaxy ballasts, Red Dragon 10m3 return W/ 2 WavySeas, 2 6155 Tunze streams

03/23/2006, 02:00 PM	#4
infrared69 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: wyoming, pa Posts: 587	I dont have one,but the few people i know that have it, the tanks look amazingly clear. also, depending on the types of corals you want to keep. softies, and leathers like "dirtier" more nutrient rich water, as sps demand very clean polished water. and if combining sps and lps it is a must with all the chemical warefare that can occur. i am acutally online right now placing my order for a red sea 100 mg deluxe unit. __________________ The quickest way to end a war is to lose it. Current Tank Info: 95g, 2x250w MH Phoenix 14K D/E, SLS Reef Optix III, BlueWave VII HQI Ballast, 55g Sump, ASM G-3 Skimmer, Red Sea 100mg Ozonizer Deluxe, Nilsen Reactor, Typhoon III RO/DI

03/23/2006, 09:00 PM	#10
infrared69 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: wyoming, pa Posts: 587	welli have ordered a ASM G-3 skimer and was planning on running the redsea ozone 100 mg/hr deluxe with the air drier and the orp controllerand probe. just dial in the orp and the rea se does the rest. my only experience is what i have read online, and what my LFS uses (the red sea). i would love to search these topics, but it seems the search bar now is forever overloaded __________________ The quickest way to end a war is to lose it. Current Tank Info: 95g, 2x250w MH Phoenix 14K D/E, SLS Reef Optix III, BlueWave VII HQI Ballast, 55g Sump, ASM G-3 Skimmer, Red Sea 100mg Ozonizer Deluxe, Nilsen Reactor, Typhoon III RO/DI

03/23/2006, 03:25 PM	#6
reefmutts Premium Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hood River, OR Posts: 200 Blog Entries: 1	I just introduce Ozone into my tank a month ago. The results are amazing. The water has never been clearer. The extension of my polyps on my SPS and LPS is amazing. My algea problem has also starting to die off. I wonder why I waited this long. I have a 50 Sander Ozone generator and a Milwaukee probe. Dont run ozone without a Probe controller. Thats just my opinion.

03/23/2006, 06:36 PM	#7
richie a rich Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: So. Florida Posts: 15	IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m looking at the red sea 200 or 300. I not sure which one to go with. But when you control it with a probe, do you get a larger unit then you need? Cause you can monitor it. I never ran my tank without ozone. I have not seen anything different in the tank. But the water is not as clear. Over the past 3 days I have an octopus running everything. So IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m ok with the probe. But do you get a 200 or 300 for a 200gl tank? Ti y do you say you donÃ¢â‚¬â„¢t need it. I would like to know. thanks

03/23/2006, 06:52 PM	#8
Iammatt219 Registered Member Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: South Huntington NY Posts: 743	try an enaly. much cheaper and I have heard that they are just as good

03/23/2006, 09:08 PM	#11
PelagicMagic Registered Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1,671	www.enaly.com

04/22/2006, 08:23 PM	#12
jimbo045 Registered Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Aiea, HI. Posts: 1,788	I feel NO, I actually had one and chose not to use it. JD

04/23/2006, 12:31 AM	#13
infrared69 Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: wyoming, pa Posts: 587	i am now a proud ozone user and very satisfied. nothing can make your tank this clear. __________________ The quickest way to end a war is to lose it. Current Tank Info: 95g, 2x250w MH Phoenix 14K D/E, SLS Reef Optix III, BlueWave VII HQI Ballast, 55g Sump, ASM G-3 Skimmer, Red Sea 100mg Ozonizer Deluxe, Nilsen Reactor, Typhoon III RO/DI

04/23/2006, 07:05 AM	#14
conspicman Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Palm Bch, Fl Posts: 263	In the past I had very successful tanks with out ozone. Now I use ozone and I feal that it is a great asset. Just rember the greater the water clarity, the greater the light penatration. One of its greatest assets is that one of the buy products of ozone when it oxidises is OXYGEN and we a know how important that is!