Avast Ozone Reactor Carbon PostFilter

Andrew Schubert · Dec 5, 2022

Anyone with experience with the cabon post filter to the Avast Ozone Reactor. I just got mine set up, and am having issues with the carbon escaping the filter and being pulled into my sump along with the flow of the water. I'm using the actual carbon that came with the filter, so I shouldn't be using carbon that is not compatible. They are pretty decent times pellets; and am wondering if there is some manufacturer defect with my unit. Anyone have any experience with this device?

1ocean · Dec 7, 2022

Hi Andrew, I am also researching buying one of those since I seen it in use at a fellow reefer who I bought some corals from. From what I remember from his , there was a screen and foam block that prevented the carbon from being pushed out of the reactor. Just as any reactor would have either a screen or a screen and a foam block to prevent material from being pushed out. Perhaps they forgot to include it or maybe you have it installed backwads?

Andrew Schubert · Dec 7, 2022

1ocean said:
Hi Andrew, I am also researching buying one of those since I seen it in use at a fellow reefer who I bought some corals from. From what I remember from his , there was a screen and foam block that prevented the carbon from being pushed out of the reactor. Just as any reactor would have either a screen or a screen and a foam block to prevent material from being pushed out. Perhaps they forgot to include it or maybe you have it installed backwads?

Yep…I figured it out. I did have the input connected to the output and vice versa.

1ocean · Dec 7, 2022

Andrew Schubert said:
Yep…I figured it out. I did have the input connected to the output and vice versa.

I am glad it was a simple fix...I am about ready to buy the same exact ozone reactor and add a second smaller skimmer for just the reactor and for the output of my bio ball reactor. I am building a "dry Box" for all of it. I want to keep all my reactors dry and out of my sump but protect my place incase of a leak...

mxreef887 · Jan 4, 2023

Andrew Schubert said:
Anyone with experience with the cabon post filter to the Avast Ozone Reactor. I just got mine set up, and am having issues with the carbon escaping the filter and being pulled into my sump along with the flow of the water. I'm using the actual carbon that came with the filter, so I shouldn't be using carbon that is not compatible. They are pretty decent times pellets; and am wondering if there is some manufacturer defect with my unit. Anyone have any experience with this device?

I am also researching these. Does it come with a pump, or does it need to hook up to a skimmer?

gibbers · Feb 8, 2023

mxreef887 said:
I am also researching these. Does it come with a pump, or does it need to hook up to a skimmer?

I just ordered one and it came with a pump. I do not plan on connecting it to my skimmer

1ocean · Feb 9, 2023

I got my complete set up avast ozone reactor, carbon post reactor, pump to feed water to it and a Poseidon 200 ozone generator. I will be feeding the water after the carbon reactor to a second skimmer(tunze 9410) which my bio ball reactor also dumps into..

gibbers · Feb 10, 2023

1ocean said:
I got my complete set up avast ozone reactor, carbon post reactor, pump to feed water to it and a Poseidon 200 ozone generator. I will be feeding the water after the carbon reactor to a second skimmer(tunze 9410) which my bio ball reactor also dumps into..

Mine arrives today. Contemplating effluent to skimmer or to sump. If I go to skimmer I have some rearranging todo

Dukereefnz · Feb 10, 2023

Keep the updates coming... I am also interested in these.
What do you notice once it starts running?

gibbers · Feb 11, 2023

Dukereefnz said:
Keep the updates coming... I am also interested in these.
What do you notice once it starts running?

Will do I am waiting on a dedicated orp monitor. Should be here today

mxreef887 · Feb 14, 2023

gibbers said:
Mine arrives today. Contemplating effluent to skimmer or to sump. If I go to skimmer I have some rearranging todo

So you will be using an air pump to feed ozone to it? Looking forward to seeing how it goes. I saw they have a new version coming out, but might get the 2.0 while it is on sale.

gibbers · Feb 14, 2023

Yes and I added the ozone generator they offer. I am also putting the reactor effluent through a second much larger carbon reactor since I cant easily go to my skimmer right now

1ocean · Feb 15, 2023

The air pump is to push air through the ozone generator, I am using a air dryer made out of a old reactor for the air pump to pull air from. I also got the post carbon reactor from Avast along with the ozone reactor and the Poseidon 200 ozone gen. I am going a extra step and have the output from the post carbon go into a second small skimmer which also will have my output from my bio ball reactor going into it.

gibbers · Feb 15, 2023

I am trying to figure out the air dryer now, i am going to be drying beads weekly at this rate

1ocean · Feb 17, 2023

gibbers said:
I am trying to figure out the air dryer now, i am going to be drying beads weekly at this rate

wow..you have that much humidity in your place? I just thought of something, do you have the intake to the air dryer under your tank ? If so, then I would run a line from the intake to the air dryer to outside of the bottom of the tank area. Pull air from the room not the sump area. I am going to do the same.

gibbers · Feb 17, 2023

1ocean said:
wow..you have that much humidity in your place? I just thought of something, do you have the intake to the air dryer under your tank ? If so, then I would run a line from the intake to the air dryer to outside of the bottom of the tank area. Pull air from the room not the sump area. I am going to do the same.

It is in my basement and right now the humidity is 42%. I was using a cheap silicon bead dryer from amazon. I did end up buying the IQ20 and it will be here tomorrow.