CO2 reactor idea.

[luklee]

I have this co2 reactor idea that I wanted to share. I would love to get feedback from the pros to see if this would work.

[felix_fx2]

What is the air pump for?

[Peanut8787]

I doubt it will work. The DIY CO2 got to let the yeast to react in order to get the pressure and not by using air pump to pump out the pressure, if you are using a air pump you will be just forcing out the air, eventually it will be like air-pump to diffuser?

And you got a beautiful orange fish

[felix_fx2]

Haha. Peanut also think the same as me.

[Peanut8787]

Haha. Peanut also think the same as me.

You referring to the orange fish?

[felix_fx2]

Looking more at the fish and grass then the other parts. Got whiteboard to use.

Don't play play.

[Jalal]

I think you'd get more usable CO2 if you left out the airpump, and ran the DIY CO2 output through a powerhead with a venturi valve and maybe a bubble trap/reactor tube at the output of the powerhead to ensure diffusion.
After trying various tanks with DIY CO2 I wasn't ever able to get enough pressure in the bottle to force bubbles through the ceramic diffuser and I used the powerhead method, I had alright results, but I noticed a vast improvement in plant growth and complete reduction in BBA (black beard algae) when I switched the tank to pressurised CO2 from DIY.
Hope this helps

[felix_fx2]

Jalal, this config someone many moons ago show to me.
The rational is using air pump to so called boost the pressure of co2. The neglected part was air pump takes outside air and pump, so the output is not purely co2

Of course, I asked the same and the bro realized.