CO2 scrubber

[Frank Infanti]

Like most I'm having a hard time maintaining a 8.0 PH during the winter months. Anyone have experience using a CO2 scrubber in the inlet part of the skimmer? Would having fresh air feeding the skimmer inlet yield the same result?



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[Bugger]

I use one it cost about 100 dollars a month to run. keeps PH at 8.3 and 8.1 at night

[GrantB]

I get a .2 average increase just from a fresh air intake into my skimmer. C02 in house can get up to 1000-1200ppm (3 times outside air) which drives the PH down quite a bit.

Was considering a scrubber but air intake is way cheaper if you can do it.

[Frank Infanti]

Originally Posted by Bugger

I use one it cost about 100 dollars a month to run. keeps PH at 8.3 and 8.1 at night

Where did you get the setup?


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[Myka]

Originally Posted by Bugger

I use one it cost about 100 dollars a month to run. keeps PH at 8.3 and 8.1 at night

Holy crap! Mine costs about $100/year. What are you using? I use the TLF 150 reactor and buy Sofnolime from a scuba diving shop for $250 for a giant pail of it.

[Bugger]

I use the 350 Twolittle fishes and the stuff Ray sells me at Reef supplies

[Myka]

Originally Posted by Bugger

I use the 350 Twolittle fishes and the stuff Ray sells me at Reef supplies

Do you mean the TLF 550? How often are you having to change out?

I change out every 3 weeks.

[Bugger]

Yeah the 550. It lasts about 3 weeks like yours

[kyl]

You can vastly reduce the costs as Myka has noted by buying soda lime (many different trade names) through a scuba supply store. It's used for re-breathers to scrub CO2.

[kengeroo]

https://www.jlaquatics.com/aqua-fx-s...r-reactor.html

5 gallon bucket,
https://stevens.ca/product.htm?Produ...&Source=Search


the air-inlet for the reactor is still feeding from outside a window