Piped CO2 through the whole house?

[TrashmanTodd]

Hey All,
I was just thinking. Instead of buying CO2 tanks for every tank, could you just pipe the whole house. Would it be possible to run tubbing to each tank off one canister of CO2 or would there be to much trouble of the tubbing going bad to fast.

Todd

 

[OrionGirl]

I think it would depend on the type of tubing you used. Some doesn't get rigid, some of it does. Not sure about the other logistics...I would worry about a leak, but I'm paranoid.

 

[TrashmanTodd]

Yea, but would it not be cheaper than buying a system for each tank. I now have four tanks in the house, and I'm sure there will be more to come.

Todd

 

[alexv1n]

I think it can be done but you will need separate valves for each tank. If you put all the tubes on to one valve, then because of different tank depths you will have different CO2 flow in each of them...

 

[Richer]

Its doable, not sure how it'd look in your house though. My university has very large CO2 tanks in their genetics labs (for knocking out fruit flies and such). They have the CO2 piped to every lab bench in the lab. I believe they use copper pipes for that. Every lab bench has its own needle valve to help control CO2 flow.

HTH
-Richer

 

[slipknottin]

You could use 1/2" PVC also. They use that for larger air pumps that need to be plumbed to many tanks.

 

[Matak]

If you do pipe it through the house with extensive tubes, don't forget to purge the pipes with CO² before hooking them up to your aquariums or it will take quite a while before the gas reaches your tanks.