On 8/5/03 7:51 PM, in article
, "Dave"
wrote:

I had guessed that the Biolife probably wouldn't work out too well
with a CO2-injected tank, but was wondering if any aquaria magicians
here had worked out some kind of wonder with it.

I've gotten CO2 up to the mid-high 20s with one, I've been using that in my
plant tank for a year now, though only had CO2 running in the summers
because I was either apathetic or not there. It's cumbersome, the
replacement filter stuff's rather expensive (you can't really just cram any
sort of media in that you want, and it tends to break down a lot. I got it
in a Tropiquarium at a garage sale, so I've really not got much choice in
the way of filters, it's either that or a powerhead/quickfilter combo, and
I've already got one in there hooked up to the CO2 system.

The heater was busted, so I had to wire a new one in, the light timer didn't
work, so I had to pull it out and mess around with the wires and wire in a
switch that I had left over from replacing the regular tube with a power
compact over my nanoreef, else to turn the lights off at night by pulling
the cord out of the wall also killed the filter and the heater for the
night. And if you cut the power to the filter, the powerhead often doesn't
like to start working again for a day or two... The Eclipse system's better
with the light and the filter not being on the same plug, and having a
manual switch.

You *can* eliminate the wet/dry portion of the cycle, though, I think, as
only some water is redirected to the wet/dry part at any given time. If you
pull the redirection thingy off the powerhead, it just might work...or the
chamber'll fill up with air and make horrible noises, one of the two.