Tubing for CO2 Injection

[justin.sterling.scott]

Thanks for the help:

I just traded for a 30mm Beetle diffuser from ADA. I already had some tubing and tried to fit it to the diffuser. It was a very tight fit. I thought this would be okay, until the tubing just popped off. I'm willing to bet this would happen again. I figure the inside diameter of the tubing is too small.

I went to ADGshop.com to look for the specs on the Beetle and could find none. Do any of you own one of these? If so, can you tell me what size tubing to get? Or, perhaps you know the outside diameter of the diffuser stem. Either bit of information would be appreciated.

If there is something else I'm missing (even though this problem seems fairly simple), please let me know.


Regards,

JJ

[jreich]

heat the end of the tubing up in some hot water to make it more elastic, carefully slide over male part of beetle and you should be good to go. that thing will be real tough to get off there though. b carefull u dont break it, that a good way to stab your self in the hand.

[Quinton1]

Originally Posted by jreich

heat the end of the tubing up in some hot water to make it more elastic, carefully slide over male part of beetle and you should be good to go. that thing will be real tough to get off there though. b carefull u dont break it, that a good way to stab your self in the hand.

happened to me...

[jreich]

wow, that sux! how many stitches?
i have done something like that as well, but it was not aquarium related.

[Jeff5614]

I have a couple of ADA diffusers. Lee's silicone tubing works well as does the ADA gray parts set. I use both. They have to fit snuggly so they don't pop off. Just be sure to wet the end of the glass really well before sliding the tubing on and hold the diffuser stem and tubing as close to each other as you can. It would be no fun to break a $100 dollar diffuser.