I have both in my tank. I run the co2 into a needle wheel pump and that feeds into a cerges reactor or bubble collector as I like to call it and the return from the reactor goes back into sump by the inlet of my main return pump. If you just run a needle wheel pump you will get millions of micro bubbles in your tank and I didn't care for the seltzer water look so went this route.
Your tank looks beautiful, do you have any pictures or more details of how this works going from the needle wheel to the reactor? Are you saying the needle wheel pump is pushing the flow into the reactor? Then that just goes back into the sump?
Hi,
do you have enough flow with Mag drive 7(NW)?I have two Cerges (12inch long) on outlet of 2 Eheim 2075 on 110G and they weaken my flow,therefore i gonna put both Cerges on inline loop with Mag 7 Drive with fractioning impeller both with venturi,so will be pump then one Cerges(catch most CO2 mist)then sec.Cerges(catch the rest) and return back to tank,but i don't know if the Mag 7 will be enough?
Thank's.
I have just the right amount of flow running the Mag 7 with my reactor but don't know how it would work running 2 reactors. I don't think it would make that much difference running another reactor but don't know how your whole setup is. I control the outlet of my reactor with a ball valve and after some adjustment I was able to get the flow from my pump to work with the amount of co2 I was injecting. I was getting some micro bubbles in my tank until I got the flow adjusted to the amount of co2 I was injecting. If your still getting micro bubbles in your tank then another reactor(or bubble collector) would not hurt anything. You could also get the same results just having a loop of tubing to help with the dwell time. Does your reactor outlet go directly back into your tank or do you have it feeding into a sump then being picked up by another pump? If you want more flow I would go with the Mag drive 9.5 to make sure you have enough flow.
Thank's,my return will go back to my tank. I'll try both reactor because I have them already on my Eheims and I'll use ball valve behind the reactors,maybe I'll try 9.5 but the power consumption...:smile:
Not sure yet, it won't be on my main return pump, so I assume I could just use one like you have for the reactor/CO2 and maybe my UV. I would like to only have total of 2 pumps, don't really want to have one alone for the UV, but if I have to I will.
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