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It's well understood that inside air quality can suffer during the winter and summer months for most of us in the U.S. and those C02 levels can climb high inside effecting our tanks PH.
During nice weather, all one has to do to help this is to just simply open some windows when the humidity and or temperature is close to what we keep our houses at. But not for us, especially in the midwest during late fall through winter and summer.
There has been numerous hobbyists that have gone to great lengths to get fresh air to their systems for this reason. Using a C02 scrubber attached to the skimmers air intake is one way, but the media needed to make this work can get expensive over time. Another way is to just run a airline from outside to the skimmers air intake with a means to filter the air. Filtering the air is most important if your unsure of what can be in the air at any given time.
Filtering the air can be done with many different ways. One is to use a water filter canister filled with filter floss and some activated carbon or a DIY canister with the same. The filter floss catches the large particles of dust and pollen etc.. and the activated carbon for air pollutants such as fertilizer, insect sprays, lawn mower exhaust etc....
The amount of "filtering" material can impede the amount of air flow through the canister and effect the skimmers ability to pull air.
So, with all that said, what about a car cabin filter that has activated carbon infused in it? If one could build a "air box" to allow the use of a filter like this, wouldn't this work?
Your thoughts and experiences attempting a DIY filter for this application is much appreciated!
During nice weather, all one has to do to help this is to just simply open some windows when the humidity and or temperature is close to what we keep our houses at. But not for us, especially in the midwest during late fall through winter and summer.
There has been numerous hobbyists that have gone to great lengths to get fresh air to their systems for this reason. Using a C02 scrubber attached to the skimmers air intake is one way, but the media needed to make this work can get expensive over time. Another way is to just run a airline from outside to the skimmers air intake with a means to filter the air. Filtering the air is most important if your unsure of what can be in the air at any given time.
Filtering the air can be done with many different ways. One is to use a water filter canister filled with filter floss and some activated carbon or a DIY canister with the same. The filter floss catches the large particles of dust and pollen etc.. and the activated carbon for air pollutants such as fertilizer, insect sprays, lawn mower exhaust etc....
The amount of "filtering" material can impede the amount of air flow through the canister and effect the skimmers ability to pull air.
So, with all that said, what about a car cabin filter that has activated carbon infused in it? If one could build a "air box" to allow the use of a filter like this, wouldn't this work?
Your thoughts and experiences attempting a DIY filter for this application is much appreciated!