Trevor Pleco
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A bit of a time warp, but here goes with my second attempt with this post, as just when I was getting some good replies, thanks guys, the original post vanished on Black Sunday when the server crashed…🙁
Specs – Tank 760L, reactor – 360mm length, 60mm diam, plumbed into the Fluval FX5 return pipe. Small ceramic diffuser used inside the reactor, as shown in the pic.
Problem – Although the diffusion is much better then before when I used a small internal pump to chop up the Co2 bubbles, I’m still getting quite a bit of micro bubbles which starts as soon as the CO2 switches on.
Questions –
Is the FX 5 flow too strong to properly break up the bubbles before they are quickly expelled and so would it perhaps help removing the little ceramic diffuser installed, as heard big bubbles can break down easier ... ?
I don’t sadly have the height in my cupboard for a longer reactor, but would a wider one perhaps help the problem ?
The canister flow is reduced by about 10 to 15% which I’m not mad keen on, so thought I should rather put it through an external pump, if so what size.. was considering the Eheim 1250L/ph model ?
Alternatively for the in-line reactor I could rather add a smaller second canister say the Eheim 2217 with less flow and plumb the reactor to this?
Here are some pics, check out the bubbles escaping in the last pic..
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Specs – Tank 760L, reactor – 360mm length, 60mm diam, plumbed into the Fluval FX5 return pipe. Small ceramic diffuser used inside the reactor, as shown in the pic.
Problem – Although the diffusion is much better then before when I used a small internal pump to chop up the Co2 bubbles, I’m still getting quite a bit of micro bubbles which starts as soon as the CO2 switches on.
Questions –
Is the FX 5 flow too strong to properly break up the bubbles before they are quickly expelled and so would it perhaps help removing the little ceramic diffuser installed, as heard big bubbles can break down easier ... ?
I don’t sadly have the height in my cupboard for a longer reactor, but would a wider one perhaps help the problem ?
The canister flow is reduced by about 10 to 15% which I’m not mad keen on, so thought I should rather put it through an external pump, if so what size.. was considering the Eheim 1250L/ph model ?
Alternatively for the in-line reactor I could rather add a smaller second canister say the Eheim 2217 with less flow and plumb the reactor to this?
Here are some pics, check out the bubbles escaping in the last pic..
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