caferacermike
Thu, 29th Mar 2007, 04:09 PM
I finally have my new tank here in ATX. It is a 380g acrylic, used to be Z28's tank. The plan is to have about 800g of total water volume between sump, fuge, tank, and skimmer (holds about 20g itself). I still have some major purchases ahead.
One of those is: an OZONE GENERATOR
I'm unfamiliar with them. I've seen a few systems that run them and kind of understand the concept. It seems simple enough to me that a highly enriched O2 scavenges waste and oxidizes it quickly into another product that is easy to remove via skimmer. This generally equates to cleaner water with better parameters.
1. Do I want one? Do I really need one?
2. Will it cause me headache and heart break?
3. Do you like yours and do you feel that it does as claimed.
4. Please, any horror stories?
5. And finally, I know nothing about the brands and such. What brand do you run and why? What features impress you the most? I've seen 2 types, one that jumps an electrical spark and needs and air dryer to make that happen and another that uses a UV bulb. I'm not to keen on the technology used in the UV ozonizer but the life reported is around 10,000 hours for the bulb. That seems like a good value but does it really work?
Thanks. I have cash in hand and want to make this happen before I run off to the strip club instead. (Notice I did not say "waste my money at the strip club", as any money spent in a strip club is never wasted money.)
One of those is: an OZONE GENERATOR
I'm unfamiliar with them. I've seen a few systems that run them and kind of understand the concept. It seems simple enough to me that a highly enriched O2 scavenges waste and oxidizes it quickly into another product that is easy to remove via skimmer. This generally equates to cleaner water with better parameters.
1. Do I want one? Do I really need one?
2. Will it cause me headache and heart break?
3. Do you like yours and do you feel that it does as claimed.
4. Please, any horror stories?
5. And finally, I know nothing about the brands and such. What brand do you run and why? What features impress you the most? I've seen 2 types, one that jumps an electrical spark and needs and air dryer to make that happen and another that uses a UV bulb. I'm not to keen on the technology used in the UV ozonizer but the life reported is around 10,000 hours for the bulb. That seems like a good value but does it really work?
Thanks. I have cash in hand and want to make this happen before I run off to the strip club instead. (Notice I did not say "waste my money at the strip club", as any money spent in a strip club is never wasted money.)