Running an Ozone generator in a room with a tank

[DaveB]

I bought an Ozone generator. I figured it was a good idea to have for a below-grade living space and a house that has 4 furry pets that sometimes puke in rugs.

I assume it's OK to run in a room with a tank, since people actually run Ozone IN tank setups, but I wanted to check, because it runs at an intensity high enough that you don't want any people/animals in the room.

It's up to 3000mg/hr, probably running for an hour if necessary. The one tank that concerns me is in a 12x14 room. (the others are both in a wide open floor plan upstairs that would likely never use the machine)

I don't know if the levels in the air end up being too much for the fish in the water... I have no idea how to calculate what happens in the O2 exchange of the water turning over up top, etc. The tank has lids, of course, but that's not air tight.

Can anyone say for sure that this is or is not OK?

 

[csx4236]

Your going to mix ozone in seperate water cylinder or something right? and then you have to vent the ozone gas out of room and your house. You cannot have any ozone in your house or room or even in your fish tank. The ozone must be in mixing chamber only were it mixes with water and ozone vents out the top of chamber and outside your house.

 

[DaveB]

No, it'd be one of these (but a bit stronger- 3000 instead of 2100)

It's meant to kill organisms in the room (ie, potential mold) and smells and stuff. The tank is not in that room now, but once it's re-carpeted and set up, it will be.

So there would be lots and lots of ozone in the air, which is why it'll be closed and free of people.

My confusion is whether this highly concentrated airborne ozone can somehow get into the tank and harm the fish, via the turnover at the top of the tank.

I could, in theory, shut the filters off for an hour. But then I'd have to go back into the room before it all dissipated, which would kind of suck.

 

[NCStateFisher]

If it's a room that nobody would go in regularly why would you want your fish tank in it?

 

[akskirmish]

This can cause respitory problems if up to high and not monitored...

This can be serious.......Set for recommended room space and haveing ventilation is a must......Removeing to much from the air is bad......

 

[DaveB]

If it's a room that nobody would go in regularly why would you want your fish tank in it?

This can cause respitory problems if up to high and not monitored...

This can be serious.......Set for recommended room space and haveing ventilation is a must......Removeing to much from the air is bad......

The intended use of this machine is to blast a room when noone is in it.

It does NOT run constantly. (It's about 40 times more powerful than the kinds that do that.)

The room will be used plenty... I'm in it right now (watching my new projector, which is way above and beyond my expectations. So awesome...) But I had a flood in here and it's underground. If I ever get a hint of mildew or cement/basement scent, I can "zap" it with the Ozone generator, which will otherwise be unplugged in the closet. This is the kind of thing people use to remove scents at crime scenes, etc. It can take the smoke scent out of a car (in theory).

At that concentration I and the dogs and cats have to be shut out of the room. The question is whether airborne O3 can affect the fish inside the water in that room.

 

[KEEPitSTUPID]

what sort of concentration do them ozone tank generators run at? i know they are miniscule to the one you are using, but they put o3 into the tank direct, so similar to the amount getting through lid and turnover? and they help tanks massively is the claim, i dont know how they work i only seen them yesterday, i dont know how they remove solids for example.

 

[akskirmish]

The intended use of this machine is to blast a room when noone is in it.

It does NOT run constantly. (It's about 40 times more powerful than the kinds that do that.)

The room will be used plenty... I'm in it right now (watching my new projector, which is way above and beyond my expectations. So awesome...) But I had a flood in here and it's underground. If I ever get a hint of mildew or cement/basement scent, I can "zap" it with the Ozone generator, which will otherwise be unplugged in the closet. This is the kind of thing people use to remove scents at crime scenes, etc. It can take the smoke scent out of a car (in theory).

At that concentration I and the dogs and cats have to be shut out of the room. The question is whether airborne O3 can affect the fish inside the water in that room.

I sell these for a living-
I know exactly what they are capable of....

Anyhow...I gave my advice
Take it or leave it..........Just cause one is shut out of room doesn't mean that caution still shouldn't be used...

 

[DaveB]

I sell these for a living-
I know exactly what they are capable of....

Anyhow...I gave my advice
Take it or leave it..........Just cause one is shut out of room doesn't mean that caution still shouldn't be used...

I wasn't arguing with you. I'm still going to use plenty of caution. Noone will be in the house when it's on.

My question, though, involves whether or not it is safe to use in a room with an aquarium. It sounds like you are the person best equipped to answer that question.

(While we're at it, I'm also curious about whether I should turn off the HVAC so it doesn't circulate through the whole house if the fan kicks in... or whether I absolutely should leave it on... and if it's the first case, and the room is sealed off to isolate the O3, how do I make sure it dissipates safely? Will it convert back to O2 even in the closed room given enough time?)

 

[Keasarge]

We ran an ozone in our marine tank via online venturi eductor for an hour a day a day ozone is brilliant for breaking down chemicals and microparticles. Ozone is only lethal over 30% (so you have to run it for like a month nonstop with no vetillation in a small room) we use it all the time at work, ozone only exist for 1 100th of a second it's molecular structure breaks down as soon as it comes into contact with air or water.