I just received my CO2 regulator and controller today, and have put them to work on my 30 gallon planted tank.
Controller
http://www.automatedaquariums.com/mw_s122.htm
Regulator, Solenoid, Needle Valve and Bubble Counter
http://www.automatedaquariums.com/mw_ma957.htm
Both are from Milwaukee, which seems to be a popular brand in the hobby.
Sorry no pics yet, I put the equipment right into service, so I didn't get a chance to hit it with my webcam, but I'll take some analog pics later and post them.
As for the diffuser, I'm just bubbling an airline into a Whisper 2 HOB filter... it seems to work good enough. This system is one of the components for my 120 gallon tank that I'm working on getting together. I will most likely build some sort of powered reactor either external or something to live in my sump for the big tank.
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Real CO2 dissolves so much easier than the gas that comes out of a 2 liter yeast generator. The bubbles from my diy generator would make all sorts of noise churning in the filter, and most would come out as a spray in the exhaust water. Now as the pure CO2 bubbles get sucked into the impeller, a much quieter churning exists, and there appears to be no waste spray of bubbles in the exhaust water.
Controller
http://www.automatedaquariums.com/mw_s122.htm
Regulator, Solenoid, Needle Valve and Bubble Counter
http://www.automatedaquariums.com/mw_ma957.htm
Both are from Milwaukee, which seems to be a popular brand in the hobby.
Sorry no pics yet, I put the equipment right into service, so I didn't get a chance to hit it with my webcam, but I'll take some analog pics later and post them.
As for the diffuser, I'm just bubbling an airline into a Whisper 2 HOB filter... it seems to work good enough. This system is one of the components for my 120 gallon tank that I'm working on getting together. I will most likely build some sort of powered reactor either external or something to live in my sump for the big tank.
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Real CO2 dissolves so much easier than the gas that comes out of a 2 liter yeast generator. The bubbles from my diy generator would make all sorts of noise churning in the filter, and most would come out as a spray in the exhaust water. Now as the pure CO2 bubbles get sucked into the impeller, a much quieter churning exists, and there appears to be no waste spray of bubbles in the exhaust water.
