Co2 Scrubber

The hose goes into a cup and the cup is pretty well sealed. If I put my finger over my air vent on my skimmer it alters the foam. It seems like having a way for the air to enter, past through the media, then exit would allow the skimmer to continue to operate like it was.

I was thinking of using a phosban reactor with the adapters. That seems like a good way to go. That way if I end up not needed the C02 scrubber for some reason then I can use the reactor for something else. They are pretty adaptable. Right now I have two, one for carbon and one for GFO.
 
See the first post.
He has holes drilled in the bottom on his container, which would be the air inline. The air enters through these holes, passes through the media, exits through the hose to the skimmer. Like mic said, there is little to no adjustment needed on the skimmer.
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Thanks, I read the original post but missed that somehow. I saw the photo and just thought he was showing how purple it was. Very cool, that answers that question. Thanks for pointing it out.
 
The link he posted for ordering the soda lime is the best price I've seen! I just ordered 6lbs from them to do a few refills.

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I totally forgot to post photos. I will try to remember when I get home.
It's working great.
I should point out that there are shades of purple so the first sign of purple doesn't mean it's done. It gets rather dark purple by the time it's ready for a change of media. I turned purple after about 24 hours and my initial thought was that I was going to need a lot more media! I left it for a few more days and it just got darker and darker. It's been the same color for a while now so I figure it's full.
 
My media turned purple after a week, but a month later and my PH is still holding steady. I'm going to ignore the color change and wait until my ph falls to change media.
 
Using sodasorb for a week. The pH holding around 8 where it was 7.8 before. This was a great idea. Thanks.
 
Anyone ever tried using carbon instead? Apparently you can remove the C02 out of the carbon and re-use it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_scrubber

Activated carbon
Activated carbon can be used as a carbon dioxide scrubber. Air with high carbon dioxide content, such as air from fruit storage locations, can be blown through beds of activated carbon and the carbon dioxide will adsorb onto the activated carbon. Once the bed is saturated it must then be "regenerated" by blowing low carbon dioxide air, such as ambient air, through the bed. This will release the carbon dioxide from the bed, and it can then be used to scrub again, leaving the net amount of carbon dioxide in the air the same as when the process was started.
 
ClustaAZ said:
Anyone ever tried using carbon instead? Apparently you can remove the C02 out of the carbon and re-use it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide_scrubber

Activated carbon
Activated carbon can be used as a carbon dioxide scrubber. Air with high carbon dioxide content, such as air from fruit storage locations, can be blown through beds of activated carbon and the carbon dioxide will adsorb onto the activated carbon. Once the bed is saturated it must then be "regenerated" by blowing low carbon dioxide air, such as ambient air, through the bed. This will release the carbon dioxide from the bed, and it can then be used to scrub again, leaving the net amount of carbon dioxide in the air the same as when the process was started.
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I always used GAC as an air pre-filter for all my air pumps back in my fresh water days due to all the smokers in my house at the time. Worked Well.
 
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