bridgey_c
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Obviously this is for everyone but I know ceg is the master. I have spent the morning researching this following dilemma and I still can't find a satisfactory answer on any threads and I am stumped.
I have been keeping planted tanks now for a while with a level of success im happy with however I am always looking for explanations and reasons for why things happen. I believe this is the only way to improve things and also to come up with new ideas. I know this will be a lot more in depth than it first seems but here goes. How does T. Amano achieve high levels of Co2 absorption in his tanks?
For a start he uses ceramic diffusers when I understand in-line reactors provide much better levels of saturation. He doesn't even have his co2 bubbles flying around the tank, the diffuser is generally placed at the opposite end to the inlet pipe and the bubbles appear to head straight for the surface with only a few seconds of time in contact with the water. Even his larger tanks seem to have this set-up. Obviously his plants flourish so he must be attaining the 20-30 ppm of co2 somehow. Maybe the majority of co2 dissolves at the surface of the diffuser and the bubbles are a bit of a red herring? Maybe his little surface agitation releases very little co2 back into the air therefore high levels of input of co2 aren't needed? As I understand many of ceg's posts, Co2 flow and distribution is the very first problem we need to resolve and the cause of most issues so how is Amano doing it?
Any ideas?
I have been keeping planted tanks now for a while with a level of success im happy with however I am always looking for explanations and reasons for why things happen. I believe this is the only way to improve things and also to come up with new ideas. I know this will be a lot more in depth than it first seems but here goes. How does T. Amano achieve high levels of Co2 absorption in his tanks?
For a start he uses ceramic diffusers when I understand in-line reactors provide much better levels of saturation. He doesn't even have his co2 bubbles flying around the tank, the diffuser is generally placed at the opposite end to the inlet pipe and the bubbles appear to head straight for the surface with only a few seconds of time in contact with the water. Even his larger tanks seem to have this set-up. Obviously his plants flourish so he must be attaining the 20-30 ppm of co2 somehow. Maybe the majority of co2 dissolves at the surface of the diffuser and the bubbles are a bit of a red herring? Maybe his little surface agitation releases very little co2 back into the air therefore high levels of input of co2 aren't needed? As I understand many of ceg's posts, Co2 flow and distribution is the very first problem we need to resolve and the cause of most issues so how is Amano doing it?
Any ideas?