CO2 Scrubbing: An Unexpected Journey Chasing Numbers

Randy Holmes-Farley · Feb 22, 2018

FWIW, I do not think these methods truly recharge the material, they just allow more complete use of it .

Finhead · Feb 22, 2018

Randy Holmes-Farley said:
FWIW, I do not think these methods truly recharge the material, they just allow more complete use of it .

Could very well be but when you pay $60 for 3Lt of the suff you try and stretch it as far as your able. And yes in Canada that is about the best price I have been able to find it for, the 5gal pails you guys get in the US cheap are about $325 here if you can find stock.

mitch91175 · Feb 22, 2018

Finhead said:
Could very well be but when you pay $60 for 3Lt of the suff you try and stretch it as far as your able. And yes in Canada that is about the best price I have been able to find it for, the 5gal pails you guys get in the US cheap are about $325 here if you can find stock.

You cannot order from the states and have shipped to you and just deal with the VAT, etc. May be able to get it cheaper.

Finhead · Feb 22, 2018

mitch91175 said:
You cannot order from the states and have shipped to you and just deal with the VAT, etc. May be able to get it cheaper.

Last I checked the place I found to get it woulnd't ship to Canada. We don't have VAT (that's England) we call it GST. It's the high customs and high shipping rates that make it not worth while most of the times.

mitch91175 · Feb 22, 2018

Finhead said:
Last I checked the place I found to get it woulnd't ship to Canada. We don't have VAT (that's England) we call it GST. It's the high customs and high shipping rates that make it not worth while most of the times.

If you are close to the border find a reefer that would work with you on getting it across to you.

Finhead · Feb 22, 2018

mitch91175 said:
If you are close to the border find a reefer that would work with you on getting it across to you.

Nope I'm about 6 1/2 hrs from the nearest border.

Paulwizal23 · Jul 24, 2020

So if I have my co2 scrubber installed on my wall where the air intake in next two window, and it’s hot and humid out could that be why my co2 scrubber has failed to stop being as effective as the first batch of soda lime? At first it worked great, media was from medvet.com soda lime. Then after refilling it, jist doesn’t seem to work at all!! Please help

Scorpius · Jul 24, 2020

Paulwizal23 said:
So if I have my co2 scrubber installed on my wall where the air intake in next two window, and it’s hot and humid out could that be why my co2 scrubber has failed to stop being as effective as the first batch of soda lime? At first it worked great, media was from medvet.com soda lime. Then after refilling it, jist doesn’t seem to work at all!! Please help

Soda lime works better with humid air.

Paulwizal23 · Jul 25, 2020

Scorpius said:
Soda lime works better with humid air.

Yea that’s what I use is Soda Lime. I attached it directly to my skimmer air tub and took the little plastic tube with the two nozzles off completely

Scorpius · Jul 25, 2020

Paulwizal23 said:
Yea that’s what I use is Soda Lime. I attached it directly to my skimmer air tub and took the little plastic tube with the two nozzles off completely

I'm not following you. Please explain better. If you're talking about the air silencer on your skimmer I deleted mine and have the tubing from the co2 scrubber directly attach to my swimmer's venturi.