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Re: [APD] CO2 overdose



Hmmmm. Better than using floating fish as a sign ;-)

All reactors have their limits.  It's a function of not
just CO2 flow rate but water flow rate also.  Not that that
changes things for you in any way.

The KH doesn't affect CO2 absortion rates, just the pH.

sh

--- Rachel Sandage <rachelsor at hotmail_com> wrote:
> I have a mixer J CO2 reactor on my 72 gallon tank - M3
> used to sell them but 
> don't anymore, and I don't know if anybody else does. One
> thing I've noticed 
> about it is there is a limit to home much CO2 it can
> handle at one time - if 
> the CO2 is turned up too high, the reactor just fills
> with CO2. It seems 
> that at KH of 5, the reactor can't handle more than the
> 20-30 ppm of CO2 
> which is generally recommended. I find that it gives me
> great peace of mind 
> to know that if I mess up on my settings, the worse that
> will happen is a 
> reactor 1/2 filled with CO2.
> 
> -Rachel
> 
>
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