DIY (kind of) Ozone Generator

[Aquaman_68]

Randy, I've experienced it in my system almost two years ago. I also read it somewhere after I experienced it. (I will have to try & dig it up) It happened after I overdosed ozone because I had a bad orp probe.( over 100ppm off after calibration) My orp reading was at 430mv & with the bum probe it was really over 500mv. I sterilized the tank & if for not catching in a little more than a day I would have wiped out my entire system. I had some fallout over the next few months after, but with multiple small water changes daily I was able to stabilize & have minimal loses. I don't know if it is a chemical reaction caused by the change of bromide into hypo bromide. But I beleive that is what I read. I'll try & dig it up tonight.
Bri

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

Ah, OK, I can believe that if you killed or severly organisms, thet their deaths and relased organics would drive ORP back down.

 

[Aquaman_68]

That was what I thought was the cause. (elevated organics caused by the death that is) But I read something about bromide being turned into hypo bromide which would cause a drop in orp as well....Still can't find the article online. I may have read it in one of my books. I'm pretty sure I posted it in your forum a couple years ago.....(but I don't expect you to remember that) (with all the posts that rifle thru there)