[Sean W.]

hey guys,


i just got my highlight high tech 110 gallon setup, i was able to get the permanent Co2 line plumbed today and want to dial in the Co2. I am using an inline reactor with my canister filter. I was hoping someone could give me a good number of Bubbles per second of Co2 to get in the ballpark of 30ppm co2 dilution. i have no idea where to start, 5bps, 20... 40!?


thanks for any input


this is the reactor im using

 

[Darkblade48]

For such a large aquarium, you'll probably require a high enough bubble rate that it will just look like a stream of bubbles ("not countable"). You could start off with some arbitrary number (say) 5 bps, and increase from there.

If you have a drop checker, you can quickly estimate your CO2 levels. If not, then you can just watch the behaviour of your livestock.

 

[Saverio]

When I had my 125 set up, I ran 2 CO2 inputs via manifold. 1 each into both of my Fluval FX5's, essentially using them as my reactors.

Each bubble counter was hard to count, but I'd estimate they were 5bps or more each. This gave me approx 1.0 drop in pH. My kH is 4deg.

 

[nofearengineer]

Without pressure and plant load info, there's no answer. But like darkblade, said, in most cases, it's likely to be much higher than 5 bps. On my 75 gallon, densely planted tank, it's impossible to count, it's so fast.

 

[OVT]

+1 ^^

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