Cerges' Reactor - DIY Inline CO2 Reactor

**scapegoat** · 07-29-2010, 03:03 PM

this looks really interesting... and rather easy. however, being new to co2, would you be willing to provide a diagram as to how this is set up?

what goes where? what line comes from what and goes to what? etc. if you could do that i think that would be very much appreciated by everyone and be extremely useful!

milesm · 07-29-2010, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by scapegoatw

this looks really interesting... and rather easy. however, being new to co2, would you be willing to provide a diagram as to how this is set up?

what goes where? what line comes from what and goes to what? etc. if you could do that i think that would be very much appreciated by everyone and be extremely useful!

please read the entire thread--what you are asking will be answered.

**scapegoat** · 07-30-2010, 02:09 PM

it may appear rather straight forward from reading the thread. but i've yet to set up a CO2 system for my tank and am in the process of doing research on the best solution... this one appears to be the easiest and one of the more efficient set ups.

however, most of "how to's" are really lacking in a detailed description of how they are set up. "you put this in there and you're done", but i'm not sure what this or there is.

a simple drawn diagram, similar to an electrical diagram for a car's wiring system, would make things a lot simpler to follow for someone like myself... and probably a lot of people. I think it'd be a great service to the community as well, and i'd be happy to do one myself if i knew what i was doing.

from what i can tell from the pictures, water goes into the filter, then out and into the CO2 reactor, which fills with the filtered water and CO2 and then that "mix" exits the reactor and goes to the tank? is it really that simple and straight forward?

fresh.salty · 07-30-2010, 02:27 PM

Why would this have less of an impact on flow vs a DIY reactor?

From what I can tell the water enters at the top, slams into an internal elbow and down the added PVC extension. Water comes out of the PVC and slams into the bottom of the canister and then exits out the top going through a second internal 90°.

**jmowbray** · 07-30-2010, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by scapegoatw

this looks really interesting... and rather easy. however, being new to co2, would you be willing to provide a diagram as to how this is set up?

what goes where? what line comes from what and goes to what? etc. if you could do that i think that would be very much appreciated by everyone and be extremely useful!

Check out my journal and you can see it inline.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...-bowfront.html

**scapegoat** · 07-30-2010, 03:17 PM

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Originally Posted by jmowbray

Check out my journal and you can see it inline.

http://www.plantedtank.net/forums/ta...-bowfront.html

thank you, very useful.

milesm · 07-31-2010, 06:12 AM

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Originally Posted by scapegoatw

thank you, very useful.

i think the picture in post #33 by redman is far, far clearer than jmow's. not to flame jmow, but he's got so many hoses going all over the place i don't know how a noob can find it useful.

redman's picture shows that indeed you are correct when you say

Quote:

Originally Posted by scapegoatw

from what i can tell from the pictures, water goes into the filter, then out and into the CO2 reactor, which fills with the filtered water and CO2 and then that "mix" exits the reactor and goes to the tank? is it really that simple and straight forward?

Quesenek · 07-31-2010, 05:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by fresh.salty

Why would this have less of an impact on flow vs a DIY reactor?

From what I can tell the water enters at the top, slams into an internal elbow and down the added PVC extension. Water comes out of the PVC and slams into the bottom of the canister and then exits out the top going through a second internal 90°.

Got it backwards comes in through a hole in the top and goes up through the PVC tube on top of that it's under pressure.

Praw, http://www.lowes.com/pd_89374-59019-..._?rpp=15$No=15

DevonCloud · 07-31-2010, 06:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by scapegoatw

it may appear rather straight forward from reading the thread. but i've yet to set up a CO2 system for my tank and am in the process of doing research on the best solution... this one appears to be the easiest and one of the more efficient set ups.

however, most of "how to's" are really lacking in a detailed description of how they are set up. "you put this in there and you're done", but i'm not sure what this or there is.

a simple drawn diagram, similar to an electrical diagram for a car's wiring system, would make things a lot simpler to follow for someone like myself... and probably a lot of people. I think it'd be a great service to the community as well, and i'd be happy to do one myself if i knew what i was doing.

from what i can tell from the pictures, water goes into the filter, then out and into the CO2 reactor, which fills with the filtered water and CO2 and then that "mix" exits the reactor and goes to the tank? is it really that simple and straight forward?

It's actually just that simple. The concept is that water coming from the return (back into your tank) on the canister is sent through the top of the reactor and out through the bottom. However, the CO2 is fed in through the side either at the top, middle, or bottom, and the CO2 bubble is then pummeled by the water, thus breaking it up and dissolving it.

wakesk8r · 08-03-2010, 05:37 PM

would there be any negative affect to leaving the prime button and drilling a hole for co2 line?
I have to shut my intake pump down during water changes. It's much easier to start up again if i can prime it

**Jeff5614** · 08-03-2010, 06:09 PM

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Originally Posted by blue-ram

would there be any negative affect to leaving the prime button and drilling a hole for co2 line?
I have to shut my intake pump down during water changes. It's much easier to start up again if i can prime it

You could attach a tee on the inlet to the reactor if you don't want to drill.

Quesenek · 08-03-2010, 06:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by blue-ram

would there be any negative affect to leaving the prime button and drilling a hole for co2 line?
I have to shut my intake pump down during water changes. It's much easier to start up again if i can prime it

I don't know about other models but on mine the "prime" button they have is nothing more than a screw with a small piece of rubber on it to keep water from pouring out of the hole from the pressure. Hope that helped.

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JasonC · 08-04-2010, 02:27 AM

I think there was one post saying they were using this reactor with DIY Co2... is there really no reason that this shouldn't work w/ yeast bottles? Could this really be the solution I have been hoping for?

Quesenek · 08-06-2010, 12:21 AM

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Originally Posted by JasonC

I think there was one post saying they were using this reactor with DIY Co2... is there really no reason that this shouldn't work w/ yeast bottles? Could this really be the solution I have been hoping for?

I don't see why not.

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Greyskull · 08-08-2010, 11:22 PM

I used your idea today and built the reactor, it's works great. I hooked it up to my FX5 filter.

Thanks for the idea.

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07-29-2010, 03:03 PM	#46
scapegoat Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: philadelphia, pa Posts: 1,461	this looks really interesting... and rather easy. however, being new to co2, would you be willing to provide a diagram as to how this is set up? what goes where? what line comes from what and goes to what? etc. if you could do that i think that would be very much appreciated by everyone and be extremely useful!

07-30-2010, 02:09 PM	#48
scapegoat Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (12/100%) Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: philadelphia, pa Posts: 1,461	it may appear rather straight forward from reading the thread. but i've yet to set up a CO2 system for my tank and am in the process of doing research on the best solution... this one appears to be the easiest and one of the more efficient set ups. however, most of "how to's" are really lacking in a detailed description of how they are set up. "you put this in there and you're done", but i'm not sure what this or there is. a simple drawn diagram, similar to an electrical diagram for a car's wiring system, would make things a lot simpler to follow for someone like myself... and probably a lot of people. I think it'd be a great service to the community as well, and i'd be happy to do one myself if i knew what i was doing. from what i can tell from the pictures, water goes into the filter, then out and into the CO2 reactor, which fills with the filtered water and CO2 and then that "mix" exits the reactor and goes to the tank? is it really that simple and straight forward?

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fresh.salty Wannabe Guru (View User Tanks) PTrader: (17/100%) Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: SoCal Posts: 1,939	Why would this have less of an impact on flow vs a DIY reactor? From what I can tell the water enters at the top, slams into an internal elbow and down the added PVC extension. Water comes out of the PVC and slams into the bottom of the canister and then exits out the top going through a second internal 90°.

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wakesk8r Planted Tank Obsessed (View User Tanks) PTrader: (24/100%) Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Lake Travis Texas Posts: 416	would there be any negative affect to leaving the prime button and drilling a hole for co2 line? I have to shut my intake pump down during water changes. It's much easier to start up again if i can prime it

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JasonC Algae Grower (View User Tanks) PTrader: (11/100%) Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Laurel, MD Posts: 65	I think there was one post saying they were using this reactor with DIY Co2... is there really no reason that this shouldn't work w/ yeast bottles? Could this really be the solution I have been hoping for?