Co2 through a Cristalprofi?

[Tomfish]

I'm having trouble with reactors not quite managing the flow from my Cristalprofi 1501e, so i'm thinking of running it on the intake. Just wondering about other peoples experiences of running co2 into these filters? Burping, air locking etc

Cheers

 

[EnderUK]

reactor or diffuser? A reactor doesn't work out very well on the filter intake just the way the inlet and outlet are setup on a reactor. A diffuser should be fine as long as you're not packing the filter with media which can trap the micro bubbles.

 

[imak]

Mine e901 burped all the time just with the bubbles that would pass by, and get caught by the intake.

 

[pepedopolous]

Burp, burp, burp with the E701GL! Up in-line atomiser on inlet side.

P

 

[Tomfish]

Thanks for the input,

Burp, burp, burp

seems to sum it up.

A reactor doesn't work out very well on the filter intake just the way the inlet and outlet are setup on a reactor

i'm not sure your logic is correct as the direction of flow through the reactor remains the same, the only difference is that it would be prior to the filter.

Tom

 

[foxfish]

What type of reactor are you using?

 

[Tomfish]

Well, i was using the mix/max with its leaky connections, plenty of mini bubbles in the tank. Now I've bought a Sera 1000 better connections, once again plenty of micro bubbles in the tank, so not a 100% dissolved. I'm not to bothered about the bubbles, it seems to change the drop checker well enough. If the plants were growing well that would be fine, but I'm running out of options so I'm trying to make the process of dissolving as efficient as possibles.

 

[foxfish]

You could try it on the intake, the filter pump may cavitate due to restricted flow but it might work.