rjtaylor
Seedling
Hi all,
On James' recomendation, I upgraded my very average JBL vario diffuser for the Aquamas CO2 reactor hoping it would give me higher and more stable CO2 levels. Its not been running in the tank for 24 hrs and I am less than happy after spending £50 on it....
See pic for the set-up:
It's linked up to an ecco 2234, which turns over 500 l/hr (apparently, I expect its a little less). However Aquamas say the reactor is for use of all filters UPTO 1000l/hr.
Anyway, as you can see in the picture I am getting a big build up of CO2 at the top of the cylinder. Seems the flow from my ecco is only sufficient to push the bubbles does about 1/4 of the way down the cylinder. Diffusion appears to be very poor....
After 24hrs, drop checker is still terquoise blue / very dark green. Just can't get my CO2 levels up.
Anyone have any ideas? Is my hypothesis right that I need a stronger filter capabale of pushing bubbles right the way down to the bottom of the cylinder to have success with this unit?
James, please pass on your experieneces.
Any thoughts welcome!
Regards,
Richard
On James' recomendation, I upgraded my very average JBL vario diffuser for the Aquamas CO2 reactor hoping it would give me higher and more stable CO2 levels. Its not been running in the tank for 24 hrs and I am less than happy after spending £50 on it....
See pic for the set-up:
It's linked up to an ecco 2234, which turns over 500 l/hr (apparently, I expect its a little less). However Aquamas say the reactor is for use of all filters UPTO 1000l/hr.
Anyway, as you can see in the picture I am getting a big build up of CO2 at the top of the cylinder. Seems the flow from my ecco is only sufficient to push the bubbles does about 1/4 of the way down the cylinder. Diffusion appears to be very poor....
After 24hrs, drop checker is still terquoise blue / very dark green. Just can't get my CO2 levels up.
Anyone have any ideas? Is my hypothesis right that I need a stronger filter capabale of pushing bubbles right the way down to the bottom of the cylinder to have success with this unit?
James, please pass on your experieneces.
Any thoughts welcome!
Regards,
Richard