EQUINOX

Good news!
They probably knew what they were doing when they made it that long.

Any noise now that with the extra bioball?

ghengis

There is someting of a waterfall type sound, now, which I didn't have before, but that's not really a problem. If I stand with my ear near the reactor in the dead of night, I can hear the balls rattling quietly. But, again, no real drama...

EQUINOX

Almost a week into working with this product. Any Up/Downsides you've came across?
Still No Tiny bubbles (=AFAIK, 100% dissolution).
BTW, do plants seem to look better with this addition?

Bunbuku

I have had mine for over a month, so far so good. After trying the upside down vs right side up, I think the right side up configuration definitely works better.

I did not use the black elbow pieces that came with the diffuser. Instead, I pushed the Ehiem tubing directly on the diffuser. While flipping the diffuser right side up the tubing worked itself a little loose and I got a minor leak. This was fixed by pushing the tubing back and securing with a cable tie.

I'm starting to get brown slime in there but as long as it still works, what the heck!

EQUINOX

Nice to hear good news.
I think that you could always pour Vinegar or hydrochloric acid in (while detached from the tank of course) and let it sit for a while, if you wish to clean the yak-stuff.
And you could always open up the silicone right?

What size did you buy?
Did you end up making some modifications like ghengis?
And what tank are you using it on?
Getting full dissolve and no noise like ghengis?

Bunbuku

The one that holds 3 bioballs.
Apart from sealing it with silicone sealant, no other mods were made.
I am using it on a mini-L with Ehiem Ecco 2232. The occassional large bubble passes thru but the otherwise CO2 seems to dissolves well.
As far as noise, its just some knocking due to the bioballs spinning around.

ghengis

I have found one of the b-balls (of 3) keeps sinking to the bottom, for some reason. Am going to take it apart today and add an extra couple of balls, see if they can't hold each other up. Otherwise, no problems to mention...

ghengis

OK, so I took it apart agian and added three more balls...I now have an issue where each ball is so laden with CO2 bubbles, they are barely turning, due to the friction createde. I will remove two of them again later on, once the CO2 has all dissolved into the tank. This is quite the learning curve...so many little details I hadn't thought of before. It is good to see so many bubbles attached to the balls, though...just means it's working as it should...

EQUINOX

No bubles coming out of it and through the hoze into the tank?

ghengis

I would have to say a few...but only a very, very few...barely noticeable.

OK, so I modded the reactor a little. Mentioned above that one of the balls kept falling to the bottom... Well, I decided to fix that. Figured on a type of "post" in the centre bottom of the reactor. Found an old silicone nozzle, filled with aquarium safe silicon, laying around. I trimmed it to length and stuck it in place. Seems to be doing well. There is no blockage to the water flow and all balls spin freely.

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(obviosly held upside down in this shot...and yes, those are my canister hoses in the kitchen sink... She's given up growling me for that, lol!)

Just realised I have no action shots...sorry. I think you get the idea, anyway...