Ozone and SRO questions

[Fengxzhang]

Are SRO 5000INTs ozone safe? I can't seem to find the info through searches.

I am using carbon as well as GFO . I recently watched a video on BRS and start to think about buying the ozone system to maintain water clarity and to neutralize coral chemical "warfare". I just want to get some feedback on this forum before jumping in.

1. Who uses ozone on this forum?
2. If you have done research on this topic before and decided again it or for it, would you share with us why?
3. Cost, how often do you change the drying agents, carbon to scrub out the ozone? And what is the overall operating cost compared to using just carbon?
4. Safety. How safe is ozone? I heard I should purchase another skimmer to use in conjunction with ozone because ozone decreases skimmate production.

What are your thoughts?

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

I address some of your questions in these articles:


Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 1: Chemistry and Biochemistry by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 2: Equipment and Safety by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

Ozone and the Reef Aquarium, Part 3: Changes in a Reef Aquarium upon Initiating Ozone by Randy Holmes-Farley - Reefkeeping.com

While I used it for years around the time I wrote those, I no longer use it out of concern of it contributing to HLLE in tangs