Wizzard~Of~Ozz
Aquarium Advice Addict
Yay, I got the plumbing temporarily hooked up to 2, first one is a 3 stage filter (Seachem Matrix -> very porous foam -> floss) that goes over to the Co2 reactor. The bioballs wouldn't fit in it so I used some floss..
I was horsing around and turned the bubble rate high enough that it was a jet instead of bubbles, got the Co2 level down 1" in the reactor, returned the flow rate to normal and I could see it rise quite quickly, within 45 seconds the level was hidden again (gone) so it's efficiency if excellent at worst.
a couple of my plants immediately started sending up streams of bubbles, both at injury sites, but it's definately a step in the right direction. Every time the fish hit a plant leaf I see a plume of bubbles go up.. definately a good sign
Now, out of curiosity, can I add some air to the reactor and diffuse it aswell to keep the O2 saturation higher? it would be easy to plumb into the final layout and use a pump to add the air at a fixed rate..
This is way better then blowing bubbles through the tank I'll put up DIY instructions with pics to show the final product when I finalize the plumbing.
I was horsing around and turned the bubble rate high enough that it was a jet instead of bubbles, got the Co2 level down 1" in the reactor, returned the flow rate to normal and I could see it rise quite quickly, within 45 seconds the level was hidden again (gone) so it's efficiency if excellent at worst.
a couple of my plants immediately started sending up streams of bubbles, both at injury sites, but it's definately a step in the right direction. Every time the fish hit a plant leaf I see a plume of bubbles go up.. definately a good sign
Now, out of curiosity, can I add some air to the reactor and diffuse it aswell to keep the O2 saturation higher? it would be easy to plumb into the final layout and use a pump to add the air at a fixed rate..
This is way better then blowing bubbles through the tank I'll put up DIY instructions with pics to show the final product when I finalize the plumbing.