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Carbo Plus Co2 System
I've seen these at Big Al's Aquarium Services. Has anyone ever used one.
Here's a link: http://www.belowwater.com/products/carbo-plus/ While the start-up cost is low, it seems that replacing the carbon block every 6 to 8 weeks is expensive. Any feedback on this would be appreciated. cheers, Boris |
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Carbo Plus Co2 System
"Boris" wrote in message
able.rogers.com... I've seen these at Big Al's Aquarium Services. Has anyone ever used one. Yes, there have been lots of very good reviews (good, in that it was fair and in depth) on this product. I thought that one of them was on http://www.thekrib.com , but I'm sure that if you search Google Groups, you'll find quite a bit of info posted here in the past... I think the general opinion was that it's a decent product for very small aquariums, but not cost effective at all when dealing with large aquariums where there's room for a pressurized system. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dave Engle DFW, TX USA Independent Associate Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc. http://www.prepaidlegal.com/go/dengle |
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Carbo Plus Co2 System
I never used one, but read up a lot because I was tempted to buy one and
decided not to do so because the device reduces KH to produce CO2 (oposed to the manufacturers (sp?) claims it does so buy electrolising waterand let the O2 react with the C in the block...). This means fluctuating KH levels if replenished with waterchange, or no CO2 when your KH gets too low (ie, a variable where you have no control over). It *does* work however, people have used it with good succes, although the gallon rating for a max. of 500 liter tanks is reported to be somewhat optimistic. Of course all this is "hear say"knowledge, so please investigate yourself.... Maybe you might be better of with presurised CO2, I just bought me a complete set (used) for EU 80,- |
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Carbo Plus Co2 System
Boris wrote:
I've seen these at Big Al's Aquarium Services. Has anyone ever used one. Here's a link: http://www.belowwater.com/products/carbo-plus/ While the start-up cost is low, it seems that replacing the carbon block every 6 to 8 weeks is expensive. The start-up cost is not that low, and with a new block every 6-8 weeks, you pass the cost of pressurized CO2 within 3-4 months. Seems like a waste to me. |
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Carbo Plus Co2 System
Xref: 127.0.0.1 rec.aquaria.freshwater.plants:76623
Speaking of CO2 how long is anyone getting out of there yeast type CO2 injection. Curious as i got about a week out of mine! "Dave Millman" wrote in message ... Boris wrote: I've seen these at Big Al's Aquarium Services. Has anyone ever used one. Here's a link: http://www.belowwater.com/products/carbo-plus/ While the start-up cost is low, it seems that replacing the carbon block every 6 to 8 weeks is expensive. The start-up cost is not that low, and with a new block every 6-8 weeks, you pass the cost of pressurized CO2 within 3-4 months. Seems like a waste to me. |
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