Ozotech 200 with IQ-20 Dryer

[Ken S]

Considering buying these to run thru my skimmer for 30-60 minutes at night for water clarity. Will be tapping the ozone into the 2nd silencer port on my Octo 200 Regal INT with Varios 4 pump. The 1st silencer port is recirculating thru a BRS jumbo Co2 scrubber & Octo recirc lid with great results.

Question 1 that I have is with the recirc thru the Co2 scrubber going non-stop, will it have enough suction to suck the ozone out of the generator & the IQ dryer without any type of air pump. The IQ dryer says an air pump cannot be used to push air through the unit. If not, are there any types of automated valves I could purchase to close off the lines to the Co2 scrubber while the ozone is running, and vice versa?

Question 2 is does anyone have either of the IQ dryers? How do you like it & how well does it work? How hot to the touch does it get? How & where do you have it installed? I know they're expensive, but the cost of a BRS jumbo dryer & a second cartridge with beads your half way to the cost of the IQ dryer. So to me, not having to bake any beads, it's worth it if it works well.

 

[mmorrison55]

For the price of the iq20 dryer, you might want to look at the avast marine ozone reactor. Avast actually recommends not using a dryer when used with their reactor.

I have the ozotech 200 along with avast reactor, and I can tell you im very pleased with it. My water is crystal clear and has that “floating in space” quality. I was amazed how quickly it worked.

Btw… i run mine for 6 hours at night. I've heard of some who run their 24/7 and others who just do an hour or two.

 

[Ken S]

Thanks for the info! Unfortunately, I don't have the room in my sump for the Avast reactor. I've been researching & reading for weeks. I only want this for water clarity. Of everything I've read, the general consensus is if using for water clarity, 30-60 minutes thru a skimmer is the simplest way & it's effective enough to do that. Wanting to rid myself of changing carbon & don't want to bake beads. Im lazy!

 

[X-37B]

I have but took offline the Avast Marine Mutiny. Nice unit but I find running it through my skimmer works just as good and I run the ozone output low at level 3. I run no carbon and run the skimmer 24/7 @ a 400 orp level.

I also run no air dryer and have for over a year now. I have the drier tubes but never used them.
I run a small air pump to push the ozone into the tee on my skimmers silencer.

This, imo, works as well as the reactor with less ozone and no carbon. It is advised to run the effluent over carbon when ozone is present. I never smell ozone running at level 3 and my skimmer has holes in the top to breath.

Anyone need a Mutiny reactor, lol?

 

[Ken S]

I have but took offline the Avast Marine Mutiny. Nice unit but I find running it through my skimmer works just as good and I run the ozone output low at level 3. I run no carbon and run the skimmer 24/7 @ a 400 orp level.

I also run no air dryer and have for over a year now. I have the drier tubes but never used them.
I run a small air pump to push the ozone into the tee on my skimmers silencer.

This, imo, works as well as the reactor with less ozone and no carbon. It is advised to run the effluent over carbon when ozone is present. I never smell ozone running at level 3 and my skimmer has holes in the top to breath.

Anyone need a Mutiny reactor, lol?

I plan to do the exact same, if I can get away without buying a dryer, BIG BONUS!

What are your thoughts of the ozone going to the second silencer port with the Co2 scrubber on the first port? Any harm with the ozone recirculating around & around thru the BRS jumbo dual chamber scrubber? I'd think it would dissapate quickly. And in my research, I think I've read that soda lime is even used as a dryer for ozone generators in some cases. But my soda lime is wet. There is constant condensation on the walls of the first chamber.

I'd still want to somehow pinch off the tube to the ozone side when it's not running so as not to draw in fresh air to the Co2, agreed? Right now, that Co2 scrubber is functioning flawlessly. It has elevated & stabilized my PH far beyond expectation & I only change media every 8-9 weeks so I don't want to mess with that at all.

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

Having both the inputs pulling through media may reduce the flow rate and require the skimmer to be adjusted to compensate. Intermittently “pinching” off one side will most likely have a very noticeable impact on the skimmers performance (quality and level of foam/bubbles) as you’re choking off the available airflow substantially.

You could fashion an assortment of valves (three way ball valve or multiple solenoids) assuming you have a controller, to achieve an automated bypass of sorts so that the flow remains constant-ish.

How long have you been running the scrubber? I ask as many of us that did, after a length of time, realized it just wasn’t worth the expense and ditched it. Just mentioning that as it might not be worth all the effort to put in a bunch of work to have your skimmer performing so many duties. It’s totally doable though.

If you can run a larger line to outside (fresh) air, and tee that off, one going direct to the skimmer, the other going through the ozone then to the skimmer. It would simplify things and work well in the long run and likely kill two birds with one stone as they say.

 

[X-37B]

I plan to do the exact same, if I can get away without buying a dryer, BIG BONUS!

What are your thoughts of the ozone going to the second silencer port with the Co2 scrubber on the first port? Any harm with the ozone recirculating around & around thru the BRS jumbo dual chamber scrubber? I'd think it would dissapate quickly. And in my research, I think I've read that soda lime is even used as a dryer for ozone generators in some cases. But my soda lime is wet. There is constant condensation on the walls of the first chamber.

I'd still want to somehow pinch off the tube to the ozone side when it's not running so as not to draw in fresh air to the Co2, agreed? Right now, that Co2 scrubber is functioning flawlessly. It has elevated & stabilized my PH far beyond expectation & I only change media every 8-9 weeks so I don't want to mess with that at all.

Tee in ozone to the export line of the co2 scrubber and run a small air pump on a timer pushing the ozone into the skimmer. Put a check valve on the line. Air will only be drawn in when the pump is on.
A few hours a night should not affect the co2 scrubbers performance I would think.
If you run it 24/7 then add a small drier, like this, and push the air through it through the ozone reactor into the skimmer.

 

[X-37B]

What I meant is you could use the air dryer tube and fill it with co2 media push the treated air into the ozone reactor.

 

[Ken S]

I hit the buy button on the Poseidon 200 last night. After speaking with Ozotech, I also bought the IQ-40 dual dryer (both were on sale).

I am running this through an Octo 200 INT Regal skimmer with a recirculating lid which is hooked up to a BRS duo jumbo Co2 scrubber. Does anyone know the inside dimension of the thick white tube that goes from the venturi up to the bottom of the silencer? I need to insert an ozone resistant Tee and an ozone resistant straight ball valve into that hose.

Thank you R2R!

 

[Ken S]

Reef Octopus VarioS/RODC Air Venturi

Replacement Air Venturi for VarioS and other Reef Octopus DC pumps.

store.coralvue.com

Could I use the dual venturi in the link above instead of teeing into the inlet line to inject ozone into my Octo Regal 200 INT? It uses a Varios-S4 pump. There is no description I can find on CoralVue website what this part is for. Is the larger port for air & the smaller port for ozone?

Im trying to set this up the way Ozotech recommends (see attached diagram) but I am having a hard time finding a 5/16" to 3/16" Ozone resistant reducing tee. I can find a million reducing tee's with those dimensions, but none that specifically say "Ozone Resistant".

I also attached a Pic of my skimmer & Co2 scrubber. Do the tubes going into & out of the scrubber need to be ozone resistant as well?

 

[Ken S]

Does anyone know if this part available at CoralVue website is made for injecting ozobe, or if it will work for that? I'm wondering if you can use the larger port for air & the smaller port for ozone? The only thing it says in the description is it's a "Venturi replacement or High air intake".
Thank you R2R!