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



Didn't your Eheim spray bar come with a cap in the end
already? I thought you were using your own cap because you
were inserting the CO2 line there -- although the cap that
Eheim provides could be drilled.

sh
--- Chris Hotte <ecwh at cogeco_ca> wrote:
> >
> My solution was to drill into the ehiem spraybar to feed
> the CO2 
> directly and then cap the end. This is working out
> exteremely well for 
> me. The cap was from a test tube I had lying around
> included in an 
> aquarium phamecuticals test kit. It took me all of 5
> minutes to drill 
> the hole, feed in the tube and adjust the output
> appropriately. This 
> method drops the pH to 6.8 during the day (6.4 lights
> off) with my KH at 
> 95ppm. My calculations indicate this is roughtly 25ppm
> C02 infusion 
> achieved at 8bb/min in my 65Gal tank.  No additonal
> hardware, noise or 
> cost.
> 
> http://ecwh.yi.org/plants/CO2.jpg
> 
> Here is a pic, the C02 feed is on the right of the
> spraybar. Pardon the 
> poor photography. I took this without flash or a tripod.
> This is the 
> first shot I got and didn't bother to really work at it.
> 
> -Chris
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