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Originally Posted by Tarolisol
I am also thinking about using ozone. I have beed told that it dissapates (sp?) really quickly in saltwater and will almost never make it back to the main tank so it is very diffucult to harm any organisms in the tank. Also people say that the cheapest way to go about it is to use the ones that are install in pools and spas. Im not really sure how poisionous it actully is since i have on in my hot tub and i can put my face right infront of the outlet without any problems.
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the pool and spa thing is a good Idea, maybe I will check tomorrow on that. the deal is that you plumb it into your skimmer and then put a post carbon filter on the air outlet of your skimmer as the gas is poisionus if traped int he house over time. the way it works is by increasing that ORP by destroying organic matter that passes through your skimmer. If you ORP gets out of hand and to high you will start to kill other things in your tank. I saw a tank in the US that had a ozone overdose and it looked like caustic burns on the corals.
In your spa most of the work is done in the filter and the level of ozone used is very small as it is only ment to reduce the use of chlorine not elimanate it.. I was tempted to go that way with my hot tub a couple years back also but it was still relitivly new out here.
Steve
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