DIY CO2 reactor

DIY CO2 reactor

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[parazitultm]

At the time of taking this movie, there was an yeast bottle behind.

Right now, it works also great with a CO2 tank.

[tarimakashi]

does it work if i directly connect the co2 to the powerhead so then it will blow co2 directly into the water? or do i need a tube to collect the bubbles? i don't really get the purpose of the tube, how does the plant get the co2? need help please... someone...

[parazitultm]

The CO2 is not connected to the powerhead. It enters in the reactor (the green stuff) from it's bottom part where is a tube connected to the CO2 source (a yeast bottle).

The tube has enough lenght inside in order to bypass the sponge to it's upper part.

So the CO2 is released into the water, inside the reactor just below the water flow comming from the powerhead. As a result, it is disolved into the water. This water is released into the aquarium through the bottom part of the reactor.

[mishmosh2000]

Can you list what parts you used to make the chamber and ends? Nice unit...looks commercial.

[parazitultm]

The chamber is built using a cheap filter, but you can easily done using a simple tube cover on one end.

If it is cover at both ends, make some holes to allow water to exit.

On the upper part I glued with silicone the exit of a powerhead (a cheap Resun powerhead SP1100)

On the other end I put some filter foam to not let the CO2 bubbles to exit.

The CO2 is comming from the bottom part.

The "toy" is really cool, cheap and efficent. Goog luck!

[Sharp3000]

how much CO2 are getting in your water? How many PPM?

[parazitultm]

The tank has 150 l (arround 135 netto). the tap water Kh is around 9-10, Ph around 7.4. The receipe of yeast I used, generates around 1->1.5 bubble / sec increasing the CO2 in the tank somewhere at 20-25 ppm, lowering the Ph around 7-7.1 at a Kh between 8.5-9. At this Kh, the Ph is at least stable with a variation between 0.2-0.4.

But all depends on the yeast. I had some problems some months ago because the temperature in the room which was lower resulting in a lowering of the CO2.

[jaylinII]

That's a worthless clip. Who wants to watch someone's CO2 reactor. Why not tell about the design and how it works.

[bonex2005jr]

scroll down a bit is all you need..

[bombadeagua]

¿De cuantos litros es la bomba? He montado esto idéntico al tuyo, con el mismo botecito incluso xD y he probado con una de 200 y otra de 300l/h(con esta tarda mas) y la burbuja se acumula dentro, haciéndose mayor hasta salir por abajo poco a poco haciendo un ruido muy molesto (como pedos :S)

Probé poniendo esponja y nada, así que imagino que será que tiene poco caudal. De todos los reactores que he visto este es pequeño, efectivo y no hace ruido, justo lo que busco :D

Saludos The Loko.

[Prashmash]

Where is the co2 getting pumped from?



[infoherper]

MY BUBBLES

[thecatofwisdom]

well come on. tell how to make it!

[azncardninja169]

@parazitultm you could just make the bubbles go straight into the intake part of the powerhead. does pretty much the same thing (unless you have a HUUUUUUUUUUUGE flow of co2/bad impeller.

[thegreenwindninja]

what dus it actually do

[rpgshinok]

dude honestly i think thats a diffuser?

it diffuses C02 in water??

[4k3el]

co2 is for the plants, the reactor basically traps the co2 air bubbles until it dissolves in the water. that way the co2 is not wasted. if you just put an air pipe the co2 bubble will just travel to the top of the tank and release at the surface.

[chunchi1000]

oh... I am jean7cox I just changed my profile....

there are plenty of different versions of reactors so your not limited to just this, but this specific one works very well and is fairly simple to make... if you google co2 reactor in google images I'm sure you'll find plenty different variations... good luck...