Ceramic CO2 diffusor

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:59 am

What's the best place to get a ceramic CO2 diffusor?

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:06 pm

On the cheap? Aquatic Magic has decent ones.

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:12 pm

Well...I don't want to get something cheap if its going to be junk. The ADA
products have had pretty good reviews but this 90P is getting expensive quick!
Which ones are you guys using?

While we're discussing this - what about lily pipes? Need something that'll
work with a 2026.

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:52 pm

The ones in my tank are from Aquaticmagic. They work, the entire disk may not bubble but it works

Aaron · Post by **Aaron** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:01 pm

www.aqmagic.com The Rhinox 2000 or 5000 should work fine for the 90-P.

Lily pipes. I got mine from a guy on planted tank a long time ago. You can hire a glass blowing company to produce a couple sets for the price you would pay for one set of ADA pipes. They might not be as perfect, but they get the job done and still look pretty nice.

Try www.aceglass.com My father has stuff made by them for work sometimes.

One other option is http://www.calaqualabs.com/ They have a really nice looking full set for $139.00 shipped.

There are also some knockoffs floating around ebay too. http://cgi.ebay.com/Inflow-Outflow-Lily ... dZViewItem

Post by **krisw** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 1:05 pm

Personally, I'm losing the allure of ceramic diffusers. You have to clean them in bleach more often than not, plus it's still equipment in the tank. Any reason not to just plumb into the Eheim?

Ghazanfar Ghori · Post by **Ghazanfar Ghori** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:07 pm

Besides the visual que that the CO2 bottle isnt empty - I guess there isnt
a real reason not to plumb it inline. Its worked well in the past, and its cheap.
Ok - I'm sold. Inline it is. I still want the lily pipes and you're not talking me out
of those - though I may wait on that a little, sell some plants and get the ADA set.

Post by **krisw** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:17 pm

Heh... I agree that the lilly pipes are worth it because you're going to have to have filter intakes/outtakes in the tank anyways. I never knew I could be so convincing tho!

Jeff120 · Post by **Jeff120** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:36 pm

Plants grow better with the glass diffuser. Seriously.....

Post by **krisw** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 2:42 pm

Plants grow better with the glass diffuser.

How is that possible? It seems you'd lose more CO2 in the diffuser setup than with the in-line...

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