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Re: Carbo-plus system

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Re: Carbo-plus system
From: Paul Sears <psears at nrn1_NRCan.gc.ca>
Date: Thu, 3 Dec 1998 09:14:41 -0500 (EST)
In-Reply-To: <199812030848.DAA17683 at acme_actwin.com> from "Aquatic Plants Digest" at Dec 3, 98 03:48:02 am

> From: Bob Wurster <wursterb at intrepid_net>
> Subject: Re: Carbo-plus system
> 
> >It doesn't use gas!  CO2 is produced electronically with a carbon block
> >reaction.  No CO2 reactor is needed as the CO2 comes off the block in a
> >"smoke" in the water that is absorbed before it reaches the surface.  

	To put it mildly, this sounds dubious.
> 
> The
> Aquarium Products sales guy in the booth said that the unit works through
> electrolysis, with water being split into O and H. The O reacts with the
> carbon molecules in the block and voila. 

	You can electrolyse water quite well using carbon electrodes,
but the products will be H2 and O2.

	Caveat emptor!


-- 
Paul Sears        Ottawa, Canada

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