Mutiny Ozone Reactor v2.1 - Avast Marine

New features for v2.1

After more than 5 years of feedback and observation, we decided to make a few changes to the Mutiny v2. Changing out carbon is one of those tasks that always seems to get neglected over time. By creating a cartridge-style insert for the carbon postfilter and new, easy-to-operate Anchor Lock lids, plus a cam-action lever on the carbon reactor, we tried to make this process as effortless as possible.  Now, with your carbon rinsed and ready to go, swap your GAC postfilter with less mess and almost no downtime!

Next, we redesigned the diffusion chambers inside the lids of both the main reactor and the carbon postfilter and spent countless hours optimizing the flow pattern of the laser-cut media plates to ensure air and water are dispersed as efficiently as possible. This ensures the longest contact times with both the ozone and the carbon for the most efficient system possible.

Finally, a custom laser-engraved one-piece base was designed to reduce initial setup time, simplify pump maintenance, improve the reactor's overall aesthetics, and provide a rock-solid base for operation.

Why Ozone?

Ozone in seawater filtration is a powerful way to achieve the crystal-clear, "fish floating in air" effect seen in the world's most beautiful marine aquaria.  As an extremely powerful oxidizing agent, ozone will essentially "bleach" your seawater clean when used in a controlled environment in a safe, effective manner. Paired with an efficient protein skimmer, ozone can improve water quality by breaking down large organic molecules into components better suited to skimming or usable by bacteria. Ozone users frequently report increased skimmer productivity and almost always better water clarity and overall system health.

Principles of operation

Our Mutiny ozone reactor is designed to react seawater within an ozonated air environment. We optimize this process by balancing water throughput with contact time, greatly enhanced by a specially modified, ozone-safe Sicce needlewheel recirculating pump. 

Water and ozone are forcefully mixed inside a custom-designed diffuser chamber, then dispersed over a bed of thin HDPE ribbon media in an ozonated-air atmosphere. The high surface area of this media allows much better gas exchange and oxidation of organic material than simply bubbling ozonated air through a column of water, as when using ozone in a protein skimmer. 

Recirculating theory

By attaching the recirculating pump directly to the reactor and feeding tank water into it with a separate pump, we can precisely target a long dwell time inside the reactor. This system was designed to process tank water at 25gph while the recirculating pump continually mixes new water, already processed water, and ozone. This creates an environment that gives tank water as much as 3-5 minutes of dwell time inside the reaction chamber! Using P.R. Escobals' turnover calculation, this equates to 99% of all tank water being filtered in 24 hours on a 200-gallon system.

Carbon Filtering

After aquarium water passes through and exits the reactor chamber, it runs through a carbon post-filter that strips out any remaining ozone and by-products of the oxidation reactions. The carbon does not "tumble", instead the effluent is dispersed evenly over the bed of GAC and then sent out the central pipe after scrubbing. This top-down flow over the carbon bed has been shown to be up to 20x more effective at stripping residual ozone out of the water than a traditional "upflow" fluidized reactor. This effectively neutralizes the smell in both the effluent air and water, making both safe for fish, pets, and people.  

 What's Included

Ozone reactor, HDPE media, Tetra air pump, Sicce recirculating needlewheel pump, reef-safe silicone o-ring grease, Ozotech check valve, carbon postfilter reactor, and enough carbon for 2-3 months of operation. 

All tubing and valves are included for a normal installation. This includes 4' of clear 1/2" tubing and an Antelco water control valve for the feed line in, 2' clear 1/2" tubing for output, 3' of 3/16" ozone-safe air tubing, and a genuine Ozotech 3/16" check valve to go between the generator and reactor. A 2' air line assembly with an Antelco air valve that goes between the air pump and the generator. 

Not included

Ozone generator and feed pump (or manifold feed line) are required for operation but not included.  We recommend the Poseidon 200 and a Sicce Silent .5 for this.

Technical Data

Footprint with connected carbon reactor: 12" x 7" x 21" tall.  

Carbon reactor can be placed remotely for more flexible footprint options

Can be used externally or in sump in up to 12" depth.

 Setup and User Manual