CO2 setup

[martinphillip03]

Does Tom Barr have an article on this website explaning the co2 setup?

Marty

 

[Tom Barr]

Re: CO2 setup

No, not really.

Reason: mainly links that many other folks have as well as many books already have laid out for you.

There are dozens of links to various different CO2 set ups.

I use a gas tank, regulator, needle valve, sometimes: bubble counter, Check valve.

For the lines, I use silicone tubing or the tygon tubing.
Forn the reactor/diffusion, I use an internal venturi like on the site here, and external reactor(I make these myself), or a mist method.

I use a solenoid tio turn the CO2 off at night in most cases, I never leave CO2 on at night.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[tefsom85]

For the lines, I use silicone tubing or the tygon tubing.

I did a quick search for CO2 tubing and it seems like there are several varieties. Tygon, silicone, rigid... My last setup had soft silicone tubing which was easy to work with - came with my Dupla setup that I got 15 years ago . Can anyone suggest which tubing type to get and where to get it?

Thanks,
Will

 

[Tom Barr]

Tygon is nice.
Clippard sells gas line also for cheap.
Silicone works for most folks also.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

[VaughnH]

CO2 stuff for sale is another good place to get quality CO2 tubing in short lengths.