Help With ORP Probe

showfish · 05-15-2007, 10:33 PM

I recently purchased a Red Sea Aquazone Plus 200 ozone generator. The unit comes with a ORP controller and probe. The problem is I've had the probe in for 7 days now and still my ORP is reading 0.00. I called Red Sea, and they told me this is normal, thus it may take a week before the probe starts to give a reading. Does anyone have one of these units? Is this normal? I'm getting a bit impateint with this thing.

showfish · 05-15-2007, 10:35 PM

Oh yeh, I guess I should mention, yes I did take the black cap off the end of the probe, and rinsed with RO water like the instructions stated to do.

**golfish** · 05-17-2007, 11:57 AM

When I installed mine it took a couple days to get stable...it didn't start at 0.00 tho..

showfish · 05-17-2007, 07:25 PM

Called Red Sea today, they are kindly sending another probe. Funny thing is, I put the probe in RO water, and I get a reading around 148 v, but when I put the probe back into the tank, goes right back to 0.00 v. Can't figure this one out. I know my tank must have some redox potential.

**golfish** · 05-17-2007, 07:38 PM

only one way to be sure. I think you should send me that bad probe

showfish · 05-17-2007, 09:25 PM

I may have to take you up on that. I have a friend thats buying a new Clear Water unit and a controller tomorrow. I'm going to have her test my readings with her probe and see whats up. Thanks for the offer.

showfish · 05-30-2007, 09:49 PM

Follow-up on bad probe. The suspected bad probe really wasn't bad at all. It started reading after almost two weeks of being in the tank. Thats some break-in period

The good folks at Red Sea did send me a new probe, and I'll keep it as a back up. After doing some research on the use of ozone I'm starting to wonder if it was worth the $$$ invested

We shall see.

jackryan · 08-03-2007, 11:46 PM

Hi there!

How has it been since the orp probe "probled" got resolved?

SKRIZ · 08-08-2007, 11:44 PM

ozone is worth it! I love mine. I've never seen a 2 week break in period though!

05-15-2007, 10:33 PM	#1
showfish Citizen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 186	Help With ORP Probe I recently purchased a Red Sea Aquazone Plus 200 ozone generator. The unit comes with a ORP controller and probe. The problem is I've had the probe in for 7 days now and still my ORP is reading 0.00. I called Red Sea, and they told me this is normal, thus it may take a week before the probe starts to give a reading. Does anyone have one of these units? Is this normal? I'm getting a bit impateint with this thing. __________________ Learning is a lifelong process

05-15-2007, 10:35 PM	#2
showfish Citizen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 186	Re: Help With ORP Probe Oh yeh, I guess I should mention, yes I did take the black cap off the end of the probe, and rinsed with RO water like the instructions stated to do. __________________ Learning is a lifelong process

05-17-2007, 11:57 AM	#3
golfish Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Alta Loma,Ca Posts: 2,925	Re: Help With ORP Probe When I installed mine it took a couple days to get stable...it didn't start at 0.00 tho..

05-17-2007, 07:25 PM	#4
showfish Citizen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 186	Re: Help With ORP Probe Called Red Sea today, they are kindly sending another probe. Funny thing is, I put the probe in RO water, and I get a reading around 148 v, but when I put the probe back into the tank, goes right back to 0.00 v. Can't figure this one out. I know my tank must have some redox potential. __________________ Learning is a lifelong process

05-17-2007, 07:38 PM	#5
golfish Moderator Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Alta Loma,Ca Posts: 2,925	Re: Help With ORP Probe only one way to be sure. I think you should send me that bad probe

05-17-2007, 09:25 PM	#6
showfish Citizen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 186	Re: Help With ORP Probe I may have to take you up on that. I have a friend thats buying a new Clear Water unit and a controller tomorrow. I'm going to have her test my readings with her probe and see whats up. Thanks for the offer. __________________ Learning is a lifelong process

05-30-2007, 09:49 PM	#7
showfish Citizen Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Ft. Lauderdale, Florida Posts: 186	Re: Help With ORP Probe Follow-up on bad probe. The suspected bad probe really wasn't bad at all. It started reading after almost two weeks of being in the tank. Thats some break-in period The good folks at Red Sea did send me a new probe, and I'll keep it as a back up. After doing some research on the use of ozone I'm starting to wonder if it was worth the $$$ invested We shall see. __________________ Learning is a lifelong process

08-03-2007, 11:46 PM	#8
jackryan Just Moved In Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Philippines Posts: 8	Re: Help With ORP Probe Hi there! How has it been since the orp probe "probled" got resolved?

08-08-2007, 11:44 PM	#9
SKRIZ Council Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: SUWANEE, GA, USA Posts: 442	Re: Help With ORP Probe ozone is worth it! I love mine. I've never seen a 2 week break in period though! __________________ "Without struggle, we can have no progress" Frederick Douglass

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