Thread: CO2 and Filters
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Old 26-10-2004, 08:49 PM
Brian S.
 
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Good question.

I was wondering the same thing. I've also read that people stick the air
tube up the intake pipe of the filters. They then say that once the bubble
hits the impellers, that it disolves the Co2 in the water and flushes it
into the tank.

I tried this for about a week before upgrading to a 55 gallon tank and I
didn't really see any difference between it and when I bubbled it into a
little clear container that was turned upside down to capture all the
bubbles.

Brian S.

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I've read in this newsgroup (haven't bothered looking it up) that motion

on
the surface of the water will deplete C02 levels in my fish tank. Does

that
mean that if I inject CO2 into perhaps an AquaClear filter's intake (the
kind that hangs on the back of the aquarium and trickles the water back

in)
that all the CO2 will dissipate before it even reaches the tank? What if
the CO2 was injected into the bottom of the aquarium and was then filtered
naturally? Would the plants even have time to utilize the CO2 before it
dissipated into the atmosphere when going down the little "waterfall"?

I just started thinking about this when I decided to plant one of my 10
gallon tanks that has an AquaClear Mini. Thanks for any info anyone can
provide.