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Re: CO2 consumption



> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2000 18:16:17 -0500
> From: "Jon Wilson" <jwilson at knology_net>
> 
> > From: Dave Gomberg <gomberg at wcf_com>
> > The figures I quoted are based on about 1.5# per year per
> > liter per day.  A
> > liter is about 200K 2mm bubbles, or about 3 per second for a day.
> 
> Unfortunately, my real world example doesn't fit this model, which would be
> why I threw in another data point. My CO2 consumption rate seems to be based
> on KH, lighting, plant density, growth rate, losses from open tops and
> wet/dry filters, and reactor efficiency. I didn't start logging CO2
> consumption until 5 years ago so my data may be incomplete, but changing any
> of these variables has demonstrated an impact on CO2 consumption here.

Time for a new Immunity Challenge. I think Dave's consumption numbers are a 
little (well, maybe A LOT) low, at least compared to my consumption with trickle 
filters. Tell me about your CO2 consumption for pressurized bottles (I don't 
care about yeast CO2 consumption). Pertinent data should include:

Tank size
Target KH 
Target CO2 level
Reactor type
Filtration (trickle, biowheel, canister, ...)
CO2 off at night?
Subjective plant growth (OK, less than I want, way to fast, ...)
How long your x# bottle lasts

Send your data to <booth at frii_com> (DO NOT reply to the address this is being 
sent from). I'll collate and report when the deluge becomes a trickle. 


George Booth in Ft. Collins, Colorado (booth at frii_com)
  http://www.frii.com/~booth/AquaticConcepts/