Hi guys,
I recently started my journal for my Flexi Mini scape set, and as it stands I'm at the current roadblock of sorting out pressurised co2 for it.
In amongst the different options, I've had a bit of an idea and wanted to run it by the forum for obstacles, of which there are probably many lol.
Anyway, I've got one of those Fluval 20 diffuser co2 sets, the ones that run on the tiny 16g cartridges that you fill up then let diffuse slowly. I know they aren't that effective, but how would this fare if the cartridge was attached to a nano diffuser?
I imagine the first hurdle is that perhaps the tiny regulator isn't supposed to take continual pressure (as small as that may be), the second is how long it would last, at approximately 1 bubbles every 3 seconds I'd estimated a 16g cartridge to last for a week, but I'm dubious. The way I arrived at this hypothesis was looking at the tropica co2 nano kit, which estimates a 95g cylinder to last 50 days or so at a rate of 18 bubbles per minute. If my math is off here, apologies in advance!
Thirdly, there's the problem of adjusting, which is likely to become tiring, very quickly.
Basically the idea for this has came about as a budget saver at the moment, but if its too much hassle i'll just save aside for a regular system. I also quite like the small size.
I recently started my journal for my Flexi Mini scape set, and as it stands I'm at the current roadblock of sorting out pressurised co2 for it.
In amongst the different options, I've had a bit of an idea and wanted to run it by the forum for obstacles, of which there are probably many lol.
Anyway, I've got one of those Fluval 20 diffuser co2 sets, the ones that run on the tiny 16g cartridges that you fill up then let diffuse slowly. I know they aren't that effective, but how would this fare if the cartridge was attached to a nano diffuser?
I imagine the first hurdle is that perhaps the tiny regulator isn't supposed to take continual pressure (as small as that may be), the second is how long it would last, at approximately 1 bubbles every 3 seconds I'd estimated a 16g cartridge to last for a week, but I'm dubious. The way I arrived at this hypothesis was looking at the tropica co2 nano kit, which estimates a 95g cylinder to last 50 days or so at a rate of 18 bubbles per minute. If my math is off here, apologies in advance!
Thirdly, there's the problem of adjusting, which is likely to become tiring, very quickly.
Basically the idea for this has came about as a budget saver at the moment, but if its too much hassle i'll just save aside for a regular system. I also quite like the small size.
