beeky
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Does anyone have any experience of the Spiro diffusers? They are like the rhinox type but have a spiral in them as well. Any thoughts?
Cheers,
Graham
Cheers,
Graham
I thought this was just a feature of all ceramic diffusers, if it isn't then please tell me so I can buy a replacement, I have this in my room and it's really annoying when I'm trying to read!cichlidsrgr8 said:They do make a slight whistle but if you've got say the tv on then you cant hear it really. I've got the Spiro 5000 but I'm planning on trying the rhinox 5000 for my new set-up.
Egmel said:I thought this was just a feature of all ceramic diffusers, if it isn't then please tell me so I can buy a replacement, I have this in my room and it's really annoying when I'm trying to read!cichlidsrgr8 said:They do make a slight whistle but if you've got say the tv on then you cant hear it really. I've got the Spiro 5000 but I'm planning on trying the rhinox 5000 for my new set-up.
beeky said:Hmmm. Thanks for all the replies.
On reflection I might go for a rhinox. I use DIY CO2 so there would be possibility of muck in the spiral, so I'd have to continue with my current bubble counter which then negates the usefullness of the spiral!
I think it depends on the size of your DIY setup I have 2 x 2 litre bottles and it drives my spiro diffuser without any difficulty. I don't see why it shouldn't work with any relatively small ceramic diffuser.Wolfenrook said:I could be wrong, but I am pretty sure that I have read that Rhinox diffusers wont work with yeast DIY set ups. The only ceramic/glass diffuser I have seen listed as suitable for use with yeast are the nano ones.
Cheaper to go for lime wood though imo, and they are really easy to hide.
Ade
What size are the bubbles in comparison to the ceramic diffusers?Wolfenrook said:They're the diffusers sold for the marine hobbyist, often to fit inside protein skimmers, and are made of lime wood. They give off much smaller bubbles than normal air stones.
If you've only been running it on a ladder or something then I suggest when you first connect it to the diffuser you do the fairy liquid test for leaks at the joins, I had a small nightmare when I first started out with some airline taps which weren't actually air tightAs to ceramic diffusers working with DIY, I might experiment with 1 of the 2 that I have waiting for my pressurised kit to arrive, see what happens as I too am running 2 x 2 litre bottles and it does run at quite high pressure.