Need help with diffuser

[James0816]

Ok dude... the white disk is ceramic, and has fine pores... You can pump air through it. Only pressurized CO2 is supposed to pass through it. PRESSURIZED!

An air pump is not pressurized...

DIY CO2 is not anywhere in the realm of being enough pressure for a ceramic diffuser... Sorry to tell you,... wrong buy dude! Best bet is to put it up for sale in the classifieds, and get a powerhead...

BTW a sealed 2 liter bottle with label will withstand 1800 PSI, seriously. If you blow one up with DIY yeast mix, something is really screwy with your mix!

Tyler..some glass diffusers can be used with DIY setups. Here's one of mine. Look closely to the left hand side. You'll see the fine streams of bubbles.

I run three different types of glass diffusers.

However, I have found the nano's don't work. At least the ones I have tested. I have a few more different types coming in to test as well.

As Ghengis said, if the system is leak free...it should be fine. With my nano, I just got paranoid that it would blow, so I pulled it and went back to the regular diffusers that are in the pic.

 

[Slappy*McFish]

I use a nano glass diffuser with DIY CO2 without issue. It eventually builds up enough pressure to make it's way through the ceramic disk. You do need to keep it clean, however. I clean mine with hot water and a toothbrush once a week and soak it in bleach or peroxide once a month depending on how 'clogged' it gets.

 

[ghengis]

My diffuser was different than yours ghengis. It had a lil spiral under the disk. Maybe thats y it didnt work? IDK

Yeah, nah, that spiral shouldn't have had any effect, IMO. I believe that's just a fancy all-in-one bubble counter type arrangement...

To back up slappy's points, when I was using DIY, I'd change my mixture each Saturday (using the two bottle staggered method) and seal off the hose coming from the bottle with the new mix with one of those little G-clamp thingy's. Go out for an hour or two and come home and release the clamp. Copious instant bubbles!

As to cleaning...again, once a week I would seal the main line into the tank with a G-clamp and remove the diffusor. I had a spare diffusor holding suction cup permanently mounted on the outside glass of the tank, which I would sit the diffusor in. Pour enough bleach into the diffusor to fill the section from disc to rim and leave for twenty minutes. A good rinse afterwards, reinstall and unclamp. Just be careful not to leave it soak too long, else the bleach will permeate inside the diffusor and you'll have a mission getting it out...