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	how to get rid of tiny bubbles coming out the filteR?
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	i have a HOB cannister filter, and i inject co2 into the input tube at 1 bps rate, and the output shoots a lot of tiny bubbles out, is there anything i could add in the filter to lower the amount of bubbles that come out??
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
sham Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3369 Kudos: 2782 Votes: 98 Registered: 21-Apr-2004	The bubbles coming out are your co2... Why would you want to lessen that? The more and smaller the bubbles the more co2. You can add more filter media to chop up the bubbles into smaller ones so they dissolve better but you still have the same amount of co2 coming out. Also an HOB and a cannister filter are 2 different things unless you mean a HOT Magnum.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	yeah HOT magnum, thats it! well i just want to reduce the bubbles because they are making the tank look messy.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
tankie Fish Addict Posts: 857 Kudos: 848 Votes: 230 Registered: 15-Mar-2005	messy....meaning..they r accumulating on top??? i had that but hey, i have planted tank...and co2 there is quite welcome.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	well yeah they do form this bubble "cloud" on top, but because of my filter output, it brings all the bubbles back down into the water, so the whole tank is all bubbles (after the lights come on and co2 kicks in)
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
tanker Hobbyist Posts: 99 Kudos: 113 Votes: 4 Registered: 04-May-2005	If it were me, I believe I would use a powerhead instead to disperse the CO2. By using your HOT intake you are shortening the life of your impellor due to cavitation from the injected CO2. If instead you put your CO2 lead on the fresh air intake on a powerhead you will not only solve the problem of premature wear but also your micro bubble dilema. With the powerhead you will be able to direct the flow as neccesary to reduce the clouding you have now.
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51
greenfootball Fish Addict Posts: 613 Kudos: 360 Votes: 0 Registered: 23-Jul-2001	yeah i cant add a powerhead to my tank because the current will be too strong, the HOT system is already enough, but i did purchase the diffuser kit came with the co2 regulator, the weird looking thing with a ceramic disk, but the holder keeps slipping, so i end up not using it. i just went and bought a wood diffuser, same size bubbles as the ceramic ones, any comments on the wood ones??
Posted 26-Jan-2006 11:51


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