Co2 injection

[1HellerofaGuy]

Does anyone run their CO2 into a canister filter intake? Does this provide better dissolution into the water? Or am I just wasting my time?

 

[ZxC]

I've done it, I would not do it again. The noise drove me crazy plus i had CO2 gas being trapped everywhere in my filtration. I don't think it would be too good for the bacteria in your filter as well. That being said it would act like a reactor, so CO2 would be dissolving in your tank. What is the reason for you wanted to do this instead of a diffuser/atomizer/reactor?

 

[1HellerofaGuy]

I'm using a reactor. Right now I have the reactor under my filter intake. I thought it would help the CO2 dissolve

 

[ZxC]

Usually a reactor splices into the return line of a canister filter so as to not get gummed up with waste from the tank.

 

[Bert2oo1]

Usually a reactor splices into the return line of a canister filter so as to not get gummed up with waste from the tank.

100% true, you want it on the return side so if it does build up it just blasts a few bubbles into the tank rather than making the propeller skip

 

[1HellerofaGuy]

I'm using a glass/ceramic reactor. And currently letting the FX4 intake suck in the co2 micro bubbles

 

[ZxC]

I'm using a glass/ceramic reactor. And currently letting the FX4 intake suck in the co2 micro bubbles

The glass/ceramic "reactor" is what most would call a diffuser. In that case I would place it in a spot where the bubbles would get blown around the inside of the tank via the outflow of the filter, most often placed underneath the return nozzle of a canister filter. Hope this helps.