Re: [APD] Co2 Reactors - specific questions about flow

["S. Hieber" <shieber at yahoo_com>]

What model Eheim are you using?

What's the media in the filter?

sh
--- RJ Skall <rjskall2 at hotmail_com> wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> In my 20L, I  setup an external rector inline with my
> Eheim canister but the 
> filter just wasn't able to push the water/gas mixture and
> water would barely 
> trickle through...I tried this on both sides of the
> canister with same 
> results. I then setup a internal reactor like many of you
> use (Tom's gravel 
> vac/viewtainers recipe) with a Rio90 pump but it is so
> loud in my tiny 
> apartment that I can't stand it anymore. And at the end
> of the day, the 
> internal reactor is full of gas with only 1" of bubbling
> water at the 
> bottom. Again, the gas/water isn't mixing around like I
> see in photos of 
> tanks online. I don't think I'm getting the best out of
> my pressurized co2.
> 
> A friend of mine has no problem with external reactors
> because his canister 
> filter is rated for a much larger tank than he actually
> has - the filter has 
> more than enough power to mix the water/gas with no flow
> reduction. So...
> 
> Questions:
> 1. Those of you using an external reactor - did you find
> your canister was 
> not powerful enough and what did you do about it? I would
> much rather use 
> this method if possible.
> 
> 2. Those of you with internal reactors - what brands are
> super-quiet or how 
> did you get around the noise issue? Also, why does the
> gas fill up 3/4 of 
> the tube instead of constantly staying full and mixing
> the bubbles?
> 
> Thanks very much.
> RJ
> 
> 
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