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03/27/2006, 11:27 AM
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Ozone?? Does it cause cracking?
Hello everyone,
I heard that ozone causes cracking on Acrylic. Is this true or is someone just pulling this out of a hat? I want to use ozone, but want to make sure that it is not going to crack my tank. Brandon |
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03/27/2006, 12:39 PM
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Do a search for Ozone, It will make certain plastics brittle. If you inject it into your skimmer & use the correct dosage, it (the ozone) should never make it back into your tank from what I have read.
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03/27/2006, 01:16 PM
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in general acrylic is ozone safe. It's the tubing and such that ozone degrades.
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03/27/2006, 02:04 PM
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If you put enough ozone in your tank to cause it to craze/crack, don't worry too much, you've already killed every living thing in the tank anyway.
 I've used ozone into my skimmer 24/7 for 2 years now. And I have an acrylic tank too.
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03/27/2006, 06:40 PM
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Thanks everyone, I am releived.
Brandon |
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