Chris Jackson
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Some argue that plants do bet with mist as they can access this CO2 directly... might be true but as many have shown you can get superb results with a reactor and no have CO2 mist.
If your reactor is mounted on the return from you filter then it may indeed restrict flow quite severely so you either have to upgrade your filter to cope, add a powerhead device to your tank to supplement flow or ideally power the reactor independently on it's own pump which then also gives you more freedom to optimise dissolution in the reactor by adjusting the flow independent of the filter and does not effect filter flow. Too much flow through the reactor and you don't get enough dwell time, too little and you may get excessive gas build up and not enough turbulence within it to dissolve the CO2..
If your reactor is mounted on the return from you filter then it may indeed restrict flow quite severely so you either have to upgrade your filter to cope, add a powerhead device to your tank to supplement flow or ideally power the reactor independently on it's own pump which then also gives you more freedom to optimise dissolution in the reactor by adjusting the flow independent of the filter and does not effect filter flow. Too much flow through the reactor and you don't get enough dwell time, too little and you may get excessive gas build up and not enough turbulence within it to dissolve the CO2..
