Thought some of you might like to see my "Central CO2" setup that I setup this evening.
The CO2 tank that was feeding 2 aquariums had been sitting in my living room looking pretty ugly and industrial. New years day Brian and I set my 4th tank, a 35 gallon in my office loaded with the leftovers from Brian's major tank re-arrangement on new years eve. Tonight, while getting ready to get CO2 over to the new tank I decided to re-do the whole CO2 system. Fortunatly ACS (Air Component Specialties) a full Clippard supplier is just up the street from my house. After a quick trip and coming back $23.00 lighter I revamped the CO2 system.
Now the CO2 cylinder and regulators are in the basement with long distrubution hoses delivering the CO2 to the tanks. 2 of the distrubution hoses (the light blue ones) are high quality Clippard urethane hose. The white hose is drip irrigation vinyl hose. Got to get another chunck of the good urethane hose for the last run.
Each tank has a checkvalve, needle valve and bubble counter. The output of the bubble counters feed into modified Duetto filters that perform the job of CO2 reactors.
Most of the CO2 system is setup with parts from the Tektronix surplus outlet store and stuff I had from the last round of aquariums 10 years ago. Never through any thing away...
The tank and regulators in the basement:
Close up of tank and first regulator. The first regulator drops the tank pressure down to ~50#
Close up of the second regulator and distrubution manifold. Only have 3 of the 8 outputs used. Got to get more tanks!
Here is the setup that is at each tank. This is a sneak preview of the new hood I designed for the 10 gallon tank. Has a 36 watt Verilux 6500K daylight CF bulb. The ballast I customized to be dimable. The high hood design preserves the open top look and viewing while providing bright even lighting.
Here is one of the modified Duetto filters and the drop checker. The CO2 was just turned on so the CO2 level is quite low. Tomorow the drop checker should be showing a bit of green.
The CO2 tank that was feeding 2 aquariums had been sitting in my living room looking pretty ugly and industrial. New years day Brian and I set my 4th tank, a 35 gallon in my office loaded with the leftovers from Brian's major tank re-arrangement on new years eve. Tonight, while getting ready to get CO2 over to the new tank I decided to re-do the whole CO2 system. Fortunatly ACS (Air Component Specialties) a full Clippard supplier is just up the street from my house. After a quick trip and coming back $23.00 lighter I revamped the CO2 system.
Now the CO2 cylinder and regulators are in the basement with long distrubution hoses delivering the CO2 to the tanks. 2 of the distrubution hoses (the light blue ones) are high quality Clippard urethane hose. The white hose is drip irrigation vinyl hose. Got to get another chunck of the good urethane hose for the last run.
Each tank has a checkvalve, needle valve and bubble counter. The output of the bubble counters feed into modified Duetto filters that perform the job of CO2 reactors.
Most of the CO2 system is setup with parts from the Tektronix surplus outlet store and stuff I had from the last round of aquariums 10 years ago. Never through any thing away...
The tank and regulators in the basement:
Close up of tank and first regulator. The first regulator drops the tank pressure down to ~50#
Close up of the second regulator and distrubution manifold. Only have 3 of the 8 outputs used. Got to get more tanks!
Here is the setup that is at each tank. This is a sneak preview of the new hood I designed for the 10 gallon tank. Has a 36 watt Verilux 6500K daylight CF bulb. The ballast I customized to be dimable. The high hood design preserves the open top look and viewing while providing bright even lighting.
Here is one of the modified Duetto filters and the drop checker. The CO2 was just turned on so the CO2 level is quite low. Tomorow the drop checker should be showing a bit of green.