Active, passive, Reactor, Diffuser.... Yikes...
Naa, not intimidating nor even confusing.. just wonder what makes the most sense to implement. I've seen a number of threads here and seems opinions are all over the board - and that's good from a diversity perspective.
PASSIVE:
I saw a CO2 Reactor on-line (thx xaosGK):
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/11111/product.web
which appears to be nothing more than a difusser (as per the description).
Since it's easy enough to diffuse with an air(wood)stone, this looks like overkill.
ACTIVE:
Now this looks kinda interesting... Seems you can use a powered device to push CO2 through the tank.
I see that users feed CO2 though the intake of their filter. I assume one might PASSIVELY feed CO2 into the tank using an airstone positioned next to the filter intake. But, does not the CO2 affect the media in the filter? The bacteria?
Fair enough to suggest that, in reasonable quantities, CO2 might have a minimal effect but realistically, I've dropped serious cash on a CO2 system and want a stellar garden to show for it. So, am hoping to push as much CO2 in the tank as required (what, 30 ppm eh)...
I understand that depending on the consumption (ie, # of plants, type of plants, tank size, etc) that the amount of CO2 needed will vary... which means, the amount of concentrated CO2 pushed though a filer will vary.
As it stands, I have 75 gallon tank nicey populated with folage now am but expecting BIG things in the coming months. I've a nice clay based substrate and am pushing 260 watts of 10k lighting into it (giving me almost 3.5 wpg).
That said, does it make sense to pass concentrated CO2 through the filter media?
Naa, not intimidating nor even confusing.. just wonder what makes the most sense to implement. I've seen a number of threads here and seems opinions are all over the board - and that's good from a diversity perspective.
PASSIVE:
I saw a CO2 Reactor on-line (thx xaosGK):
http://www.thatpetplace.com/pet/group/11111/product.web
which appears to be nothing more than a difusser (as per the description).
Since it's easy enough to diffuse with an air(wood)stone, this looks like overkill.
ACTIVE:
Now this looks kinda interesting... Seems you can use a powered device to push CO2 through the tank.
I see that users feed CO2 though the intake of their filter. I assume one might PASSIVELY feed CO2 into the tank using an airstone positioned next to the filter intake. But, does not the CO2 affect the media in the filter? The bacteria?
Fair enough to suggest that, in reasonable quantities, CO2 might have a minimal effect but realistically, I've dropped serious cash on a CO2 system and want a stellar garden to show for it. So, am hoping to push as much CO2 in the tank as required (what, 30 ppm eh)...
I understand that depending on the consumption (ie, # of plants, type of plants, tank size, etc) that the amount of CO2 needed will vary... which means, the amount of concentrated CO2 pushed though a filer will vary.
As it stands, I have 75 gallon tank nicey populated with folage now am but expecting BIG things in the coming months. I've a nice clay based substrate and am pushing 260 watts of 10k lighting into it (giving me almost 3.5 wpg).
That said, does it make sense to pass concentrated CO2 through the filter media?