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Dear Plants Enthusiasts!

I am thinking of replacing the original JBL co2 diffuser with a FishVet diffuser. Pictures:

JBL diffuser (from www.aquaessentials.co.uk)

(The actual diffuser is taller than this one, this is just an extension)


FishVet diffuser (same source)


FishVet product page is here.

Any thoughts, ideas, pros, cons would be appreciated.

Last edited by untitled at 05-Mar-2005 03:20[/font][/font]

Hi,
Many folks use glass diffusers. Just be sure that it is a
quality one made of slintered glass. That provides the
smallest bubbles. Then provide a current within the tank
that is not great enough to disturb the surface, but is
enough to "blow" the tiny bubbles around the tank delaying
their rise to the surface.

THE KEY to CO2 injection is to keep the water in contact
with the gas for as long as possible. Keeping the
bubbles within the tank and away from the surface where
they would eventually burst is essential.

In a properly functioning reactor, the gas
goes in the top, along with the water, and only "super
charged" water comes out the bottom. No gas should exit
the bottom of the reactor, it all gets absorbed.
I use a reactor, very much like the one shown, but frankly
it's ugly and I want to replace it with one that is
external. That will mean that I have to replumb the tank.


Frank


Last edited by FRANK at 05-Mar-2005 12:05

Last edited by FRANK at 05-Mar-2005 12:08

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