Splitting CO2 tube into 2

[Sphere]

Hi,

I thinking of splitting my CO2 tube into 2 so that i can place the diffusers on both side of my tank.

Are these suitable for splitting CO2 or are these supposed to be used for normal air pump only? Any tried before?





Thanks!!

[bossteck]

Tried doing that, didn't work for me.

What happened was, the gas 'took the easier path' and all ended up in one of the two diffusers I had.

The other diffuser did not have enough pressure to function.

In the end, I bought a co2 splitter (those which you connect to the co2 cylinder).

[unclerobin]

hi
try the airpump spliter with the control valve it might work,
with the control valve you can control the amount of gas to the two diffusers
just my humble ideas. happy diying

[sumsum80]

but those air pump valve easily leak

[sfk7]

If you're going to use the plastic splitter, its better that the end of it are the same diffusers and maybe also the same length of tubing to ensure both are about the same pressure.

And T most probably won't work, get the Y splitter.

But its best to get the brass splitter from LFS. Cost less than 30 and you can have full control.

Hope this helps.

[sumsum80]

it depend on the diffuser used, to direct the easier path of the air

[tawauboy]

you'll need a co2 splitter. they have individual valves to control the flow.
the t and y splitters will not work as co2 will flow through the path-of-lowest-resistance.

[derfla]

I have tried using the blue plastic T splitter and brass type too. Both do not work too. The CO2 to both end is not balance. I think a proper CO2 splitter will do the trick better, at least it can regulate both end output better and not upset the CO2 amount in both the tanks.

[torque6]

Thanks!!

This valves only work for regulating airpumps, you will need a co2 spliter to calibrate co2 separately into 2 tanks.