Aqua Medic Ozone 50 Bedienungsanleitung Seite 6

1. Basics
Ozone generators are units to produce ozone from air. Ozone is a very powerful oxydizing agent. If
ozone is passed into water, organic waste is oxydized. Even toxic nitrite can be oxydized to nitrate.
Ozone itself is toxic so it cannot be directly introduced into aquarium but only via an ozone recator.
For saltwater aquariums, we recommend an Aqua Medic protein skimmer, e. g. Turboflotor Multi
SL.
The capacity of your unit is indicated on the label. This capacity is based on dry air. If operated
with ambient air (50% humidity), the ozone output deceases about 50%. When pure oxygen is
used, the output is doubled. It is possible to pre-dry air by using the Aqua Medic Ozone Booster.
2. Contents:
1 ozone generator
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1 power supply
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1 operation manual
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3. Installation and set up
The ozone unit is connected with an air hose of 4 mm (¼") inner diameter with the air inlet of a
protein skimmer. The hose has to be ozone proof (silicone tube). Depending on type of protein
skimmer, there are 2 possibilities:
Protein skimmer with air stones (e. g. Aqua Medic Midiflotor). The air is pressed from air
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pump through ozone unit to protein skimmer.
Protein skimmer with injector (e. g. Aqua Medic Turboflotor multi SL). The injector can be
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connected directly with the ozone outlet. The air is then sucked through the ozone unit. If the
injector has a very high capacity, the ozone unit has to be connected in a bypass.
The ozone unit has to be set up drily. It has to be prevented that water enters the unit in case of
power failure or breakage of the membrane pump. There are 2 possibilities for set-up:
- above water level
- below water level. In this case, a good non-return valve should be placed into the air line and a
hose loop should be installed, reaching 20 cm above the water level to prevent a backflow of
water.
The unit has to be set up in a way that there is always access to the mains plug.
Fig. 1: Set-up above water level
1. Ozone unit
2. Membrane air pump
3. Ozone recator (protein skimmer)
4. Non-return valve
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Fig. 2: Set-up below water level