I made this reactor with two things in mind: cheap and quick.
It is made of a stockings container, purchased from Walgreens for 60 cents, a bioball, and a Toms mini pump I had laying around. I have no means of measuring my CO2 concentration in my tank, so hopefully someone will make one and test its efficiency.
Keep in mind this has only been tested on low pressure applications, such as DIY yeast mixtures. I have no clue how it will work with pressurized CO2 [if at all].
A couple of things I've learned in my experience, the pump's flow rate makes a difference, varying the flow rate translates to dissolving rate. Too strong of a flow and the bubbles will escape undissolved, and too weak of a flow will result in slow dissolving.
materials: stockings container (make sure it's soft plastic, the rigid ones crack), airline nipple, drill and bits, pump, bioball, airline
Drill small holes into the lid of the container for water to escape
finished product should look like this
tap pilot hole into bottom of container
I used these bits, increasing the size until desired hole diameter was obtained
You want to use a bit that is the same size or perhaps a smidge smaller than the outlet of your pump
it should fit snugly
tap a hole for the nipple [man, that sounds smexy]
insert the bioball, cap off the container
voila
the 5.5gal CPD/RCS tank with new reactor
gratuitous tankshot
Finally, if anyone does get a chance to test this out, please post your findings!
It is made of a stockings container, purchased from Walgreens for 60 cents, a bioball, and a Toms mini pump I had laying around. I have no means of measuring my CO2 concentration in my tank, so hopefully someone will make one and test its efficiency.
Keep in mind this has only been tested on low pressure applications, such as DIY yeast mixtures. I have no clue how it will work with pressurized CO2 [if at all].
A couple of things I've learned in my experience, the pump's flow rate makes a difference, varying the flow rate translates to dissolving rate. Too strong of a flow and the bubbles will escape undissolved, and too weak of a flow will result in slow dissolving.
materials: stockings container (make sure it's soft plastic, the rigid ones crack), airline nipple, drill and bits, pump, bioball, airline
Drill small holes into the lid of the container for water to escape
finished product should look like this
tap pilot hole into bottom of container
I used these bits, increasing the size until desired hole diameter was obtained
You want to use a bit that is the same size or perhaps a smidge smaller than the outlet of your pump
it should fit snugly
tap a hole for the nipple [man, that sounds smexy]
insert the bioball, cap off the container
voila
the 5.5gal CPD/RCS tank with new reactor
gratuitous tankshot
Finally, if anyone does get a chance to test this out, please post your findings!