Asking those Experienced with skimmer AquaC vs H&S

bro Nim,

sorry for not providing enuf details. my tank is a 2.5' , capacity about 30G (~120L) including sump. ozonizer is hailea 50mg with control knob.

I have been setting my ozonizer at 25mg ... gesh .. no wonder cannot get skimmate.

thanks!

Bro zeotz .. set it at 5mg and monitor for a few days

yes, thats what I did. skimmate appears even better now. will post again in few days to report progress.

Originally Posted by zeotz

yes, thats what I did. skimmate appears even better now. will post again in few days to report progress.

That's the way .. ah hah ah hah

bros,

now after a few days of setting 5mg ozonizer, not getting anymore skimmate again on my H&S. Got some good skimmate for first few hours after adjusting the O3 dosage, but now back to almost nothing for 2 days already (unless I set it to very wet).

I am feeding the air from the ozonizer via a Y connector to the skimmer air input. the other Y-conenctor end is to a check valve (otherwise the air blows out of the other end instead of going to the skimmer). I could not maintain the airstone in front of the skimmer pump intake method as the bubbles keep getting back to my main tank (return pump sharing same compartment as skimer pump)

cud it be not enuf bioload? (LS - 8 chromis, 1 clown, 1 sailfin tang, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 sally lightfoot) (Feeding Formula 1 & 2 + frozen brine shrimp once a week + phytoplankton for some soft corals)

the water in main tank is super crystal clear. Should I stop the O3 and monitor?

Most likely the problem is that you're using the Y connector to the skimmer air input which indirectly reduces the efficiency of the skimmer by having 50% less air to it.

Suggest you can use the same method as I am doing is to place the ozone output to an airstone inside one of those inexpensive $5 airwood skimmer to prevent bubbbles spreading. Also it prevents salt spray too.

Did you use a ORP controller? If yes, then there is no reason for you to off the ozonizer.

This is what I am doing for another tank:

i see. good idea bro. So in essence, you dont really need the skimmer pump to be sucking in the water with the ozonised bubble is this correct?

As long as the water around the skimmer pump has been treated with ozone (by the airstone method), it should be ok?

here are answers in-line to your questions:

Originally Posted by zeotz

i see. good idea bro. So in essence, you dont really need the skimmer pump to be sucking in the water with the ozonised bubble is this correct?

That is correct

As long as the water around the skimmer pump has been treated with ozone (by the airstone method), it should be ok?

Yes.

posting this for record and progress update.

here are some pics of my sump and the H&S skimmer 10hrs after installing the piccolo ozone reactor .

comments welcome.

Originally Posted by zeotz

bros,

now after a few days of setting 5mg ozonizer, not getting anymore skimmate again on my H&S. Got some good skimmate for first few hours after adjusting the O3 dosage, but now back to almost nothing for 2 days already (unless I set it to very wet).

I am feeding the air from the ozonizer via a Y connector to the skimmer air input. the other Y-conenctor end is to a check valve (otherwise the air blows out of the other end instead of going to the skimmer). I could not maintain the airstone in front of the skimmer pump intake method as the bubbles keep getting back to my main tank (return pump sharing same compartment as skimer pump)

cud it be not enuf bioload? (LS - 8 chromis, 1 clown, 1 sailfin tang, 1 cleaner shrimp, 1 sally lightfoot) (Feeding Formula 1 & 2 + frozen brine shrimp once a week + phytoplankton for some soft corals)

the water in main tank is super crystal clear. Should I stop the O3 and monitor?

If you have air blowing out of the Y section maybe you need to check your connections. Your skimmer should be able to in air there too. I can feel the suction on both the free Y connector end and the ozone end when using Macro and HnS no matter what air valve setting I use.