Using 2 x 2078 filters?

**blue33** · 6th Apr 2010, 00:00

hmm... looks like someone is comparing tank.

wondering anyone try 5-6bps and 120W light on 1.5ft tank?

wondering small tank easy to crash or big tank?

**StanChung** · 6th Apr 2010, 01:16

Small tank crash easy to reset. 1 hour? 2 hours?

Anyway as I said, the bubbles is so much it's uncountable so no point to compare.
Your idea doesn't work on a large tank unless get a huge and efficient reactor.

Not a bad idea because right now bubbles flying everywhere.

**blue33** · 6th Apr 2010, 08:37

Small tank easy to reset so big tank no need to reset or just let it crash.

my friend most of them is using that method on their big tank and seen alot in oversea people doing that also, maybe you haven try or method is wrong.

Injecting CO2 into the canister is a long time method, even before diffuser is so popular and not neccesary to use big CO2 reactor to do that. Btw they still use bubble counter before inject into it. Anyway no point OT on that since it is already proven long time ago.

**StanChung** · 6th Apr 2010, 09:45

Injecting CO2 into the canister is a long time method,

I was doing this before you even joined AQ lah.

**blue33** · 6th Apr 2010, 09:50

Lets not disturb the thread starter and OT here since you already know long time ago.

**o2bubble** · 6th Apr 2010, 10:02

Guys, thanks for advise but no need to argue anymore. I am getting 2 sets of 2078 from na later in view of good price, better filtration and useable for upgrade to bigger tank

**o2bubble** · 6th Apr 2010, 10:08

Question now is how to ensure water from each filter is mixed properly so no drop in chilling rate (one to chiller, one to reactor). Thinking of pairing different filter input and output at each corner.

**Navanod** · 6th Apr 2010, 11:15

Originally Posted by o2bubble

Question now is how to ensure water from each filter is mixed properly so no drop in chilling rate (one to chiller, one to reactor). Thinking of pairing different filter input and output at each corner.

Question is whats going to happen to that 2080

*hint hint*

**o2bubble** · 7th Apr 2010, 09:21

not decided as its only 9mth old with warranty. I may keep for future use.

**o2bubble** · 12th Apr 2010, 21:42

Upgrade to 2 x 2078 completed. Was quite tired. Not easy, have to worry about all the hoses and connections to the lily pipes, chiller and reactor, took me a day with one unfortunate event: one of them leaked and flooded my floor! Was very surprised given my experience with a few previous eheim filters, got it replaced by NA.

Just to share also, the filter connected to the reactor shows full 6 bars on the flow indicator while the other connected to chiller shown 2 bars less. Shows that chiller reduces flow more than CO2 reactor!