My 55 gallon

[oscarfish1395]

i actually went on ebay and got that ph monitor and solenoid valve new for 150$ which is a huge improvement over the $400 that my lfs was charging

 

[chonhzilla]

i am just using the ph monitor, i was thinking of having my diffuser go under the intake of my fluval but the fluval needs an air free canister to operate right?

what do you mean air free? Im not sure what you mean by that, but this should clear up a few things. In the picture below you can see how I "jerry-rigged" mine up to the outflow of the filter. The Bio-ball is the blue thingy in the reactor, and honestly it's made a huge difference in dissolving CO2 gas. I tired it with two bio-balls but they kept getting stuck, so one worked out really well. Mine is about 14" inches tall and costed me about $15 bucks to build.

 

[oscarfish1395]

thats really cool what i meant was that i was thinking of having my buubles going into the filter through the intake but your way is much simpler and probably just as effective

 

[chonhzilla]

thats really cool what i meant was that i was thinking of having my buubles going into the filter through the intake but your way is much simpler and probably just as effective

Injecting Pure CO2 into the intake isn't the greatest idea, I've read lots of people do this, but it destroys the impeller in the filter over time, you may get the same results but induce more damage to the impeller. But thats my two cents.

 

[808]

Injecting Pure CO2 into the intake isn't the greatest idea, I've read lots of people do this, but it destroys the impeller in the filter over time, you may get the same results but induce more damage to the impeller. But thats my two cents.

Agreed. Works, but it wears down the impeller.

 

[oscarfish1395]

ya thats what i had heard also which is why i didn't do it, i also ran out of tubing

 

[chonhzilla]

ya thats what i had heard also which is why i didn't do it, i also ran out of tubing

Me too I'm running short on tubing also, I've got to find sometime out of the week to go down to the welding supply store.

 

[oscarfish1395]

luckily for me my lfs sells tubing so i can just get it there, but its moderately overpriced

 

[Louie]

here are some pics of the stand becuase its a diy that i am quite proud of lol

The stand is fantastic. Tank is great also but the stand caught my eye. I was going to ask if you bought it than saw you made it.

When I lived in NY I belonged to fish club where one of the members as a hobby made and sold stands for hexagon,round tanks,acrylic and off shape tanks.

Not cheap but well made like yours.

He sold them left and right in the club and through word of mouth to many with $ who lived in Manhattan/city..

 

[oscarfish1395]

thx I'm very proud of it also.