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Re: Inline Needle Valve Scheme
- To: <Aquatic-Plants at actwin_com>
- Subject: Re: Inline Needle Valve Scheme
- From: Ron Barter <mistnfrost at superaje_com>
- Date: Mon, 08 Apr 2002 08:50:30 -0400
- In-reply-to: <200204080748.g387m4k05878 at acme_actwin.com>
- User-agent: Microsoft-Outlook-Express-Macintosh-Edition/5.02.2022
Hi Cavan,
I have multiple tanks, in different rooms and on different floors of my
house, all being fed from a single tank and regulator. They are connected
with silicone tubing, and it has worked fine for me.
I think Outlook Express has messed up your original "drawing" below, but
I believe what you are proposing is the same setup as I am using, with the
exception that I have no needle valve attached to the regulator, but rather
a needle valve for each tank between the tank and the T that feeds it. With
luck my "drawing" below will survive.
regulator-------- T ---------- T ----------------
! ! !
! ! !
valve valve valve
! ! !
! ! !
! ! !
tank tank tank
One of these runs of line is more than 45 feet; I'm sure that I am
loosing some CO2 through the walls of the line, but as has been said before,
CO2 is cheap! If gas loss was an issue, I think somewhere in the archives
there was mention of someone using 1/8" soft copper for an extended line,
but as I say, the silicone has worked for me.
Have fun,
Ron Barter,
Perth, Ontario
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>
> Date: Sun, 7 Apr 2002 17:45:09 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Cavan <millsman7 at yahoo_com>
> Subject: Inline Needle Valve Scheme
>
> Here's the deal. I have my 30 gallon hooked up to a
> pressurized co2 setup on one side of the room. I just
> converted a ten on the other side to a serious planted
> tank and it's currently running on yeast. I've
> thought about splitting the co2 line and putting an
> inline needle valve to the ten as follows:
>
>
>
> ten gallon -------------------------------inline
> needle valve
> !
> !
> !
> 30 gallon--------------------------
> tee or gang
> valve
> !
> !
> needle valve
> attached to
> regulator
>
> I figure it will take about 16-18 feet of tubing as
> the best route I can think of is over the ceiling. Is
> that too far? I know someone who has done something
> similar, but I'm not sure about the distances
> involved.
> I would use silicone tubing to minimize co2 loss.
>
> Thanks, Cavan