Damp Rid to solve room excess co2?

[GARRIGA]

Randy,

Found a product to solve humidity for storing my photography equipment and seems the beads are made of calcium chloride therefore shouldn't that help reduce co2 in a room and benefit the aquarium? No clue how long it would last but for the moment might be my best solution, assuming it works.

 

[CoralB]

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[Raptor777]

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[A_Blind_Reefer]

I’m no expert but I would think you would either need a truckload of it piled in the room or some sort of forced air chamber where the entirety of the room air could circulate through it so that it could absorb it.

 

[SPS2020]

I'd think a CO2 scrubber would be much more effective at raising pH.

 

[Miami Reef]

and seems the beads are made of calcium chloride therefore shouldn't that help reduce co2 in a room and benefit the aquarium?

Calcium chloride does not affect pH.

Calcium hydroxide needs to be used in a scrubber to be effective.

 

[A_Blind_Reefer]

Calcium chloride does not affect pH.

Calcium hydroxide needs to be used in a scrubber to be effective.

I missed that entirely….. my reading comprehension skills have gone down the toilet as of late. Late, as in since birth! Ha

 

[Garf]

Calcium chloride does not affect pH.

Calcium hydroxide needs to be used in a scrubber to be effective.

Soda lime is actually calcium hydroxide with added sodium hydroxide, like a dry version of my DIY F-Aiptasia. It’s amazing how many uses those 2 components have

 

[GARRIGA]

Calcium chloride does not affect pH.

Calcium hydroxide needs to be used in a scrubber to be effective.

Was hoping that if it reduced humidity than that might also reduce co2.

 

[GARRIGA]

I’m no expert but I would think you would either need a truckload of it piled in the room or some sort of forced air chamber where the entirety of the room air could circulate through it so that it could absorb it.

Wouldn't be treating the entire room. Perhaps something inside the canopy where gas exchange would interact with co2 from the room.

 

[GARRIGA]

I'd think a CO2 scrubber would be much more effective at raising pH.

Assuming your skimmer the problem. Mine being air tight confines in South Florida where opening windows aren't an option. Eliminating the co2 introduced by the skimmer doesn't solve the gas exchange at the surface with room air. That's my problem.

 

[GARRIGA]

Calcium chloride does not affect pH.

Calcium hydroxide needs to be used in a scrubber to be effective.

That only eliminates the co2 otherwise introduced by the venturi action of the skimmer. I'm not using a skimmer therefore don't introduce that problem.

 

[Miami Reef]

Assuming your skimmer the problem. Mine being air tight confines in South Florida where opening windows aren't an option. Eliminating the co2 introduced by the skimmer doesn't solve the gas exchange at the surface with room air. That's my problem.

Same issue here. It’s really, really hot in south florida. About 90F currently, but humidity makes it feel 99F (According to the weather app).

What additive do you use for your alkalinity?

 

[GARRIGA]

Same issue here. It’s really, really hot in south florida. About 90F currently, but humidity makes it feel 99F (According to the weather app).

What additive do you use for your alkalinity?

Don't use any additives. Test tank for decomposition. Carbon dosing keeps my alkalinity at 9 and if I add Kalk then that goes to 14 yet ph only rises from 7.6 to 7.8. My issue being the room co2 due to people and pets.

If I had coraline then that would consume alkalinity but I can't establish that without raising my ph. Have tried twice already. Was testing the use of a Fuge which I see as my only solution but that back fired on me when I changed my lights and ran them at 100% like I've done in the past. Cyano exploded and I think now I have dinos. Water is brownish and GAC not solving it. Going to have to run DE to remove any free swimming then do some research on if it's not that type. Fun times.

Oddly, no new additions since last December and that was CUC with my fish having been added December 2021. Silver lining is now I can test how to best naturally solve these. Two things I know nothing about because I've never experienced them. The joys of testing extremes.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Was hoping that if it reduced humidity than that might also reduce co2.

It won’t.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

That only eliminates the co2 otherwise introduced by the venturi action of the skimmer. I'm not using a skimmer therefore don't introduce that problem.

Tank top aeration also brings in room CO2.

 

[GARRIGA]

Tank top aeration also brings in room CO2.

That’s the point I’ve been making and why my fight is with my room air and hoping to solve that without opening windows, or plants or an ERV.

 

[Miami Reef]

Carbon dosing keeps my alkalinity at 9 and if I add Kalk then that goes to 14 yet ph only rises from 7.6 to 7.8.

How does carbon dosing raise your alkalinity? You need to deplete 50ppm of nitrate to gain 2.2dKH, and you need to be actively dosing nitrate to gain that net plus of alkalinity.

Recalibrate your pH probe. 7.6 pH with aerated seawater with normal alk isn‘t common.

Do you keep corals? It seems like you carbonate/bicarbonate demand is really low.

 

[GARRIGA]

How does carbon dosing raise your alkalinity? You need to deplete 50ppm of nitrate to gain 2.2dKH, and you need to be actively dosing nitrate to gain that net plus of alkalinity.

Recalibrate your pH probe. 7.6 pH with aerated seawater with normal alk isn‘t common.

Do you keep corals? It seems like you carbonate/bicarbonate demand is really low.

Raise in that it replaces what nitrification utilize. Why mine stays at 9.

No corals. It’s a test tank on decomposition. Nitrates allowed to cross 160 then dropped to zero. That also adds to the issue of establishing coralline. Plus I wouldn’t add corals until I establish that coralline can be established.

 

[Miami Reef]

Raise in that it replaces what nitrification utilize. Why mine stays at 9.

No corals. It’s a test tank on decomposition. Nitrates allowed to cross 160 then dropped to zero. That also adds to the issue of establishing coralline. Plus I wouldn’t add corals until I establish that coralline can be established.

Are you dosing nitrate at all?

If you don’t have any calcifying organisms, it makes sense as to why calcification isn’t happening. Have you added coralline algae to your tank via live rocks etc?