Hi All,
I’m working on ph as of late. I’ve got my skimmer hooked up to a scrubber and that has gotten me to a ph of 8 to 8.1. I’m grateful to be out of the 7s since my tank is in a tight basement. Unfortunately, the media exhausts in little over a week. To address this I ran a fresh air line from outside to the scrubber air intake. After doing this ph doesn’t peak any higher, but I’ve noticed the media is lasting longer - assuming because it is scrubbing fresh air now which has less CO2.
My question is - should I add a layer of carbon to the CO2 scrubber along with the co2 media to help address the potential for air pollutants? This would be easy, but not sure if effective? I already have a screen over the outlet that sits outside to prevent larger critters from coming in, just not sure what to do about air quality. I could certainly buy another reactor to go in line, but perhaps that isn’t necessary?
As usual, thanks for any advice!
I’m working on ph as of late. I’ve got my skimmer hooked up to a scrubber and that has gotten me to a ph of 8 to 8.1. I’m grateful to be out of the 7s since my tank is in a tight basement. Unfortunately, the media exhausts in little over a week. To address this I ran a fresh air line from outside to the scrubber air intake. After doing this ph doesn’t peak any higher, but I’ve noticed the media is lasting longer - assuming because it is scrubbing fresh air now which has less CO2.
My question is - should I add a layer of carbon to the CO2 scrubber along with the co2 media to help address the potential for air pollutants? This would be easy, but not sure if effective? I already have a screen over the outlet that sits outside to prevent larger critters from coming in, just not sure what to do about air quality. I could certainly buy another reactor to go in line, but perhaps that isn’t necessary?
As usual, thanks for any advice!
