Co2 hoses: how long

[teizman]

hi,

I m thinking about buying a CO2 (automatic) system with a classic CO2 bottle
from SERA.

Can I use very long hoses for the CO2 bottle ? (So I can put the Co2 bottle
in the cellar beneath the aquarium (thing this is more safer and more
discrete) With very long, I mean about 7 or 8 meters (=20ft or a slightly
more).

Or will this cause some loss or something else?

thanx,
tijs

[richard reynolds]

as long as you put the regulator on the co2 tank, and all fancy plumbing stuffs down
there, you can go for very long like 200meters :)

I use the same co2 tank to power a planted FW and a calc reactor for a reef, and a h2o2
reactor for cultures, the co2 tank is outside by the garage the cultures are in the garage
20' away the FW is 40' away and the reef is 80' all hose lenths, otherwise the h2o2
reactor is 5" from the tank :)

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--
richard reynolds



teizman > wrote in message
ynet.net...
> hi,
>
> I m thinking about buying a CO2 (automatic) system with a classic CO2 bottle
> from SERA.
>
> Can I use very long hoses for the CO2 bottle ? (So I can put the Co2 bottle
> in the cellar beneath the aquarium (thing this is more safer and more
> discrete) With very long, I mean about 7 or 8 meters (=20ft or a slightly
> more).
>
> Or will this cause some loss or something else?
>
> thanx,
> tijs
>
>
>

[Pierre-Normand Houle]

"richard reynolds" > wrote in message
. ..
> as long as you put the regulator on the co2 tank, and all fancy plumbing stuffs
down
> there, you can go for very long like 200meters :)

I've seen it claimed that CO2 loss could average 25% through regular vinyl tubing and
5% through regular silicon tubing. I think these figures were meant to apply for the
usual lengths (few feet) normally used by aquarists. I myself have bought a special
CO2 hose together with my regulator. It looks like silicon but it is much thicker
than regular aquarium tubing. I fit it with a small length of regular silicon tubing
to go in the tank and plug into my Hagen diffuser.

I'd like to see confirmation of these loss rate figures somewhere.

[richard reynolds]

damn forgot the details on which hose I am using,

its the cheap stuff :)

home depot 400' roll for like $20

normally used on ice makers, makes good coil denitrifier tubing also :)

as for co2 loss forget it, even if there was a good % It is lasting just as long outside
as it was with 1' of "special" tubing to the calc reactor. as for pressure loss not a big
deal unlike an air pump dial it up to maybee 2psi and itll deliver :)

--
richard reynolds



Pierre-Normand Houle > wrote in message
.. .
>
> "richard reynolds" > wrote in message
> . ..
> > as long as you put the regulator on the co2 tank, and all fancy plumbing stuffs
> down
> > there, you can go for very long like 200meters :)
>
> I've seen it claimed that CO2 loss could average 25% through regular vinyl tubing and
> 5% through regular silicon tubing. I think these figures were meant to apply for the
> usual lengths (few feet) normally used by aquarists. I myself have bought a special
> CO2 hose together with my regulator. It looks like silicon but it is much thicker
> than regular aquarium tubing. I fit it with a small length of regular silicon tubing
> to go in the tank and plug into my Hagen diffuser.
>
> I'd like to see confirmation of these loss rate figures somewhere.
>
>

[Fish-Forums.com]

The tubing should be co2 proof if running from a long distance or you
will be wating a ton of co2


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On Wed, 30 Jul 2003 00:03:05 +0200, "teizman"
> wrote:

>hi,
>
>I m thinking about buying a CO2 (automatic) system with a classic CO2 bottle
>from SERA.
>
>Can I use very long hoses for the CO2 bottle ? (So I can put the Co2 bottle
>in the cellar beneath the aquarium (thing this is more safer and more
>discrete) With very long, I mean about 7 or 8 meters (=20ft or a slightly
>more).
>
>Or will this cause some loss or something else?
>
>thanx,
>tijs
>
>