agol77
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Hi all
I'm thinking about adding CO2 to my 6' discus tank, using a CO2 Art set up with a 5kg FE. I have a sump on the tank, and was wondering about adding the gas inline, in the return pipework. The pump is an Eheim Compact 5000, which takes 19mm pipe, so none of the commercially available inline diffusers will fit.
I was thinking about drilling a 6mm hole in the hard return pipe, glueing in a 90 degree airline elbow, and fixing the CO2 pipe to it. The gas would have to travel about 12 feet before getting in to the display tank, which I figure should be plenty of time to dissolve.
The reason for my post is that drilling holes in hard pipework just feels wrong, and I'm not sure if the pressure of the CO2 will be high enough to make it in to the water, or if water will push out through the elbow and in to the CO2 airline.
Any thoughts, experience, or advice would be very welcome.
Cheers
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I'm thinking about adding CO2 to my 6' discus tank, using a CO2 Art set up with a 5kg FE. I have a sump on the tank, and was wondering about adding the gas inline, in the return pipework. The pump is an Eheim Compact 5000, which takes 19mm pipe, so none of the commercially available inline diffusers will fit.
I was thinking about drilling a 6mm hole in the hard return pipe, glueing in a 90 degree airline elbow, and fixing the CO2 pipe to it. The gas would have to travel about 12 feet before getting in to the display tank, which I figure should be plenty of time to dissolve.
The reason for my post is that drilling holes in hard pipework just feels wrong, and I'm not sure if the pressure of the CO2 will be high enough to make it in to the water, or if water will push out through the elbow and in to the CO2 airline.
Any thoughts, experience, or advice would be very welcome.
Cheers
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