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Eheim pressure

To: Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com
Subject: Eheim pressure
From: Dave Gomberg <gomberg at wcf_com>
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 14:24:46 -0800
In-Reply-To: <199901302048.PAA19705 at acme_actwin.com>

At 03:48 PM 1/30/99 -0500, >> James Purchase wrote:
>> [Eheim diffusors]  will  NOT work with Yeast Method CO2. 
>>You definately need to use compressed  CO2 in order to
>> achieve the pressure needed to drive the CO2 through the
>> ceramic  plates.
>Could you give us an estimate of how many PSI are required? 

Speaking specifically for the Eheim only, about 8-10psi are required for
bubbling to begin.  At 20psi you get pretty much full volume.  About
14-16psi is the usual operating range, depending on tank size, light level,
etc.

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Dave Gomberg, San Francisco            mailto:gomberg at wcf_com
http://www.wcf.com/co2iron
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