VISITOR'S QUESTIONS
21... DIY Atomiser
This question is far too general for me to answer as
it stands. I have no way of knowing what type of DIY system you have
built, I don't know any of its dimensions, and so on.
However, if you can get a ceramic atomizer of the dimensions
for your system, and provided you can seal it properly, so that there
is no gas escaping past it, and provided you have enough pressure to
work the system, I don't see why it shouldn't work. One draw back with
ceramic or sintered glass is that it does tend to get clogged up over
time.
Having said that there are other methods of dissolving
carbon dioxide into the water. The main thing to remember is to have
bubbles of optimum size and to keep them in the water until they are
dissolved.
Instead of using a forced system why not try
a diffuser, one method of diffusing is in the form of a spiral of tubing
that increases the time the bubbles are in contact with the water. If
you are able to construct a DIY C02 system I think you could
manage this one.
Another method is to use an inverted container in the
aquarium, the C02 is fed into the inverted container, again
holding the gas bubbles in the water for much longer.
I must be honest, I have never had cause to use extra
C02 in the aquarium. It is generally thought that there is
more than an adequate supply from natural sources, from the atmosphere,
from aquarium inhabitants respiratory processes and so on. Even if the
aquarium was empty there are millions of tons of the stuff all around
us, mostly from industrial pollution, you've heard of the greenhouse
effect no doubt.
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