The new and eagerly awaited KOIZO³ Ozone Cell is now available from Dankoi.
Ozone has traditionally been a topic of hot debate among professional koi keepers. Ozone possesses many highly valuable characteristics, it removes colourants from the water, it converts toxic nitrite into relatively harmless nitrate; it removes bateria, viruses and other pathogens; it kills green algae; and raises the oxygen content of the water.
To date, however, ozone has been prohibitively expensive, nor has it's use been 100% safe. Conventional ozone generators produce ozone fron the oxygen in the air. In order to do it's job, the ozone then needs to be mixed with water, in a process that requires a huge amount of energy. Because some of the ozone goes to waste, the generator produces more ozone than is actually required, to make sure that enough of it reacts with the water. As a result, too much ozone may end up in the pond water - a dangerous overdose for the fish living in the pond. In order to prevent this, a second unit needs to be installed alongside the ozone generator that is capable of breaking down the excess ozone. All in all, it's a process that is not just pretty complex, but extremely expensive.
Alternatively, ozone can be produced with the aid of UV lamps like a UVOX lamp, this does have the advantage of being less expensive but does still produce the ozone from the surrounding air.
The Koizo³ Ozone Cell, on the other hand produces ozone from water!
A process of electrolysis is used to break down water to it's two component parts: Oxygen and Hydrogen. The Ozone Cell also releases single oxygen atoms (i.e. 0 rather than 02 atoms) that instantly combine with oxygen molecules (O2) to form ozone (i.e. O3). Ozone is a highly reactive substance and tries to revert straight away to it's original form, thus causing the extra oxygen atom to react with organic matter such as nitrite, coulourants, algae or a virus, which are then 'incinerated' by oxidation. The substance that remains after this oxidation process is pure oxygen. The ozone leaves the Micro Ozone Cell in the form of tiny bubbles of gas. This is the great advantage of a successful water based reaction: the smaller the particles the better.
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