bugs
Member
- Joined
- 7 Sep 2007
- Messages
- 381
Just read enough of this thread to help answer my initial question re definition of "stable" CO2: Stable CO2
The emphasis on flow with regard to CO2 has perhaps also answered a second question, also relative to stable CO2...
I recently switched from a Bazooka diffuser to internal reactor, also switching my internal Juwel filter to a higher rated pump. I was expecting to use less CO2 but I am finding I'm using almost the same (observing the bubble rate which is too fast to count...) and only now (after a few days adjusting the dose up) reaching the saturation I was achieving with the Bazooka. I'm therefore beginning to think the flow is creating a more even spread of CO2 throughout the tank. The drop checker providing a more balanced measurement vs, perhaps a more localised saturation with the Bazooka.
All speculation but with a question too... I lowered the working pressure from 40 to 10 when I switched to the reactor. Just wondering whether that would alter the size of the bubbles? More but smaller bubbles at a lower pressure?
The emphasis on flow with regard to CO2 has perhaps also answered a second question, also relative to stable CO2...
I recently switched from a Bazooka diffuser to internal reactor, also switching my internal Juwel filter to a higher rated pump. I was expecting to use less CO2 but I am finding I'm using almost the same (observing the bubble rate which is too fast to count...) and only now (after a few days adjusting the dose up) reaching the saturation I was achieving with the Bazooka. I'm therefore beginning to think the flow is creating a more even spread of CO2 throughout the tank. The drop checker providing a more balanced measurement vs, perhaps a more localised saturation with the Bazooka.
All speculation but with a question too... I lowered the working pressure from 40 to 10 when I switched to the reactor. Just wondering whether that would alter the size of the bubbles? More but smaller bubbles at a lower pressure?