co2 scrubber recirculating ?’s

[doubleshot00]

I use a pee cup for my moisture trap. I just dump the water weekly.

 

[WallyTime7]

I use a pee cup for my moisture trap. I just dump the water weekly.

just line in and line out? Mind sending a quick pic? thanks man

 

[piranhaman00]

What do you do now to maintain PH?

Run air line out side, disconnect pH probe , and enjoy reefing

 

[WallyTime7]

Run air line out side, disconnect pH probe , and enjoy reefing

I wish I had that option, nothing close unfortunately and my wife would kill me if I had a line going up the wall and out the basement window.

 

[Projects with Sam]

I made a skimmer cap for this:

Skimmer CO2 Scrubber Cap

3D printed skimmer cap to hold bags of soda lime to reduce CO2 in the skimmer air intake. The top cap has two 6.5mm O.D. tubes protruding from the rim. These tubes should be attached to the skimmer air input. If your skimmer is not listed, contact me and I can add it. This is still in...

parlaquatics.com

 

[piranhaman00]

I wish I had that option, nothing close unfortunately and my wife would kill me if I had a line going up the wall and out the basement window.

That’s what I do

 

[jmichaelh7]

I installed moisture traps too. 2l pop bottles. Works better like this as I was getting too much liquid under the media

Mind showing a pic of yours? and location of it.

I installed another canister before my media . I wish I thought about this a long time ago .

 

[GSnake]

I installed another canister before my media . I wish I thought about this a long time ago .

That was my plan today actually..adding a second smaller trap after my first one. Some moisture is still making its way to my media bottle, mind you it's been reduced like 95% vs without one

 

[piranhaman00]

That was my plan today actually..adding a second smaller trap after my first one. Some moisture is still making its way to my media bottle, mind you it's been reduced like 95% vs without one

I could never get my media to not get wet, I used two moisture traps and it would still get into the media , gave up

 

[jmichaelh7]

I could never get my media to not get wet, I used two moisture traps and it would still get into the media , gave up

I think moisture occurs but not filling up 1” at the bottom like it was. I was also getting skim there which was gross !

 

[Projects with Sam]

My understanding is that the media needs some moisture to work more efficiently.
That being said, The media in my skimmer CO2 basket is filthy despite me leaving an air-gap and drainage for skimmate.
Even though its gross, It hasn't needed changing yet and I havent noticed a difference in performance from when it was clean media.
Note, I checked with Randy about submersing the media in the tank and he commented it shouldn't be a problem. One of my early prototypes was sealed and pulled fluids, overflowing into the sump and I didn't notice any adverse affects aside from a slight increase in alkalinity.

 

[jmichaelh7]

My understanding is that the media needs some moisture to work more efficiently.
That being said, The media in my skimmer CO2 basket is filthy despite me leaving an air-gap and drainage for skimmate.
Even though its gross, It hasn't needed changing yet and I havent noticed a difference in performance from when it was clean media.
Note, I checked with Randy about submersing the media in the tank and he commented it shouldn't be a problem. One of my early prototypes was sealed and pulled fluids, overflowing into the sump and I didn't notice any adverse affects aside from a slight increase in alkalinity.

i agree.

 

[doubleshot00]

just line in and line out? Mind sending a quick pic? thanks man