Ozone causing leathers to close?

[Adrian87]

So i have made several attempts to dose very small amounts of ozone and everytime i do all my leather corals close up a bit (not completely closed but very low polyp extension) and wont open until i turn the ozone off. I inject it at the lowest setting into a large skimmer and then stuff a bag of gac into the skimmer outlet pipe. Has anyone else experienced this before?

The reason i keep trying is that i have read it can help with toxins released by leather corals (which is all i have) and ive noticed many of my smaller colonies are struggling and thought it could be from the toxins released by the large toadstools.

 

[blaxsun]

That's interesting. I've been running an ozone system since the summer and every now and then some of my leathers get ticked off. I hadn't considered that they're not happy with the ozone system (I've also got a lot of inverts that poke, prod and generally move them whenever it suits them as well). I have some finger leathers that seem perfectly fine, though.

 

[Adrian87]

That's interesting. I've been running an ozone system since the summer and every now and then some of my leathers get ticked off. I hadn't considered that they're not happy with the ozone system (I've also got a lot of inverts that poke, prod and generally move them whenever it suits them as well). I have some finger leathers that seem perfectly fine, though.

I have several different types of leathers and they are all equally affected by the ozone. At first i thought it could be from the sudden increase in light penetration due to clearer water...but they wouldnt adjust and after a few days i would give up and shut the ozone off again.

Are you running ozone 24/7?

 

[blaxsun]

I have several different types of leathers and they are all equally affected by the ozone. At first i thought it could be from the sudden increase in light penetration due to clearer water...but they wouldnt adjust and after a few days i would give up and shut the ozone off again.

Are you running ozone 24/7?

Yes, 24/7 except when briefly emptying the skimmer.