All excited - I am making a CO2 Scrubber :)

[Paul28]

o yeh the CO2 scrubber is a bad *** idea but here is the downside wait how often you half to change the media i know im not rich hahaha its overkill wayyyyy overkill umm maybe every week or 2 weeks and WOW its pricy hope you have a skimmer that dosent pull up to 35scfh

[Europhyllia]

o yeh the CO2 scrubber is a bad *** idea but here is the downside wait how often you half to change the media i know im not rich hahaha its overkill wayyyyy overkill umm maybe every week or 2 weeks and WOW its pricy hope you have a skimmer that dosent pull up to 35scfh

Oh Paul that's the beauty of the DIY one!
There's no way I could have been able to afford the refills on the original design ($30 a pop) but the DIY one from the filterguys uses a refillable cartridge so I can buy the media in bulk and don't have to pay for the cartridge over and over again.
The media itself is only $10 per refill if I buy it by the half-pound (even less if it works well and I buy more at a time). I'm much more likely to be able to do that.
It's 3:25 AM and my pH is still 8!!!

[Europhyllia]

Everyones tanks are doing the same thing jumping around ph i bet half the people on this site dont have a pH monitor. CO2 is the number 1 drop in ph ive been running a pH monitor for many years now ive seen when alot of people come over ph drops bad when you dont open windows every other day ph drops. the best way to fix it is add a air pump and open your windows in that room every other day and co2 wont be a problem me i have a drop to 7.9 night to 8.3 sometimes in the day but if you dont have a Calcium reactor just add a airstone to a pump and put it in the overflow or the sump , how many people in maast have a pump and airstone on the tank i hope alot

I was already running a tube from the skimmer intake to the window and it helped a little - just not enough. I would be very happy if it stayed between 7.9 and 8.3 - that would be perfect!

[Europhyllia]

It did what I wanted it to do
Acceptable range in reef aquaria:
7.8 to 8.4

before CO2 media:
7.7 to 8.25

after CO2 media (24 hour highs and lows):
7.8 to 8.35

So I'm right where I want to be. Will just have to see how it holds up.