Tom's internal venturi reactor

It's here actually.

 

And more here:

 

Note small 3/16" burp hole on opposite side of the venturi.
The viewtainer is 4"x2", cost 1.99$ at OSH, Home Depot etc

Rigid airline tubing is 69 cents for 3 feet.
Rio powerheads about 8.99 or so on line etc

I use the lighter to melt the holes into the sides.
The suction cups holes as well.

The top is cut with a X shape and tightly wegded the Rio 180 elbow in there and then snap on the powerhead.

The rest is self evident, look at the pictures and do that.

 

Does it look 4 feet long?
There's no ' apostrophe behind the 4, it's just a typo.

It's as simple as looking and doing, there's no need for detailed step by step instructions, if you messed up, then the veiwtainer cost you 1.99$ to make another one

Everything is there and laid out.
Every orientation is shown.

I have attached a word doc with a detailed drawing as well.
If you are into DIYing things, you should be able to figure it out, it's a simple device.


Regards,
Tom Barr

 

http://www.barrreport.com/articles/41-diy-internal-reactor-great-yeast-co2-users.html

Still looking for what Greg did with that Word Doc I drew.
Op, found it


Regards,
Tom Barr

 

Haha, I ain't that clear sometimes either
Dang, i knew I should not have said nothing, they went and raised the darn price to 2.79!! Them ratscallions!

Yes, I went back and changed the ' in the last post.

Thanks for the comments.

Now go make one and see.
Them go bug other folks and show them how.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

This works much bettere than those.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

The burp hole just burps excess out beyond whatever level you drill the burp hole at. It self levels the amount of gas in a tube is all.

I think you did not add the suction cup on the side of the tube, the top heavy aspect is good when you add the suction on the side of the tube.

You melt it in there and clip the suction cup in, that holds the units very well to the side of the tank, the weight of the power head keeps it pressed down.

You are NOT suppose to use a catalinia powerhead(you can if you so chose, but I've never used them, nor suggested to), that was your own choice to force all that together.

Rio's are cheap and available, they work very well for this reactor and are 9$ on line.

Just in case, folks are to use an elbow inside the top of the lid, not a straight down attachment to the powerhead output/effluent side.

Most folks use a filter in conjuction with a powerhead/reactor, simply placing the out flow near the reactor solves any of that extra powerhead needed business to get the CO2 well mixed in the tank etc.

If you want to have more directional flow(If you use a filter, it's not needed), simply slap the end cap on the viewtainer on the end and melt/drill a 1/2" hole on the bottom of lower side of the cap etc to direct the outflow anywhere you want.

This is not brain surgery, it's simple and solving issues you may have takes a little fiddling and some simple solutions.

Many want to use other brands etc, that's fine, but you may have more trouble putting it together.

If there is something you like about one unit, and want to add it here, just ask, adding a cap is a simple thing, so is placing it in the flow of the filter etc.

I think many times folks hit their heads against the wall when there are very simple solutions, lord knows I've done that enough more than I like to fess.

I hate that

But it can do the same thing as those green plastic giant tubes they sell for CO2 reactors, never found them to do well myself nor a few stores that carried them here.

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

I've used rios for a number of years, they are just as decent given the similar brands, and range I'm dealing with here, the Rio 180's do have limited life spans, but so do all types of smaller powerheads.

Some simple modification addresses no filter set ups, I also do not suggest those either(no filter planted tanks).

You are welcomed to do them, but I've found over time the tanks do better with filters vs not.

A little fiddling will allow you to do whatever you want, such as splitting the outflow with a Tee, one for the reactor and the other for the circulation pattern you want.

There are many easy cheap simple solutions to this depending on where you wanna go go here.

Don't box yourself in, rather, explore the limits


Regards,
Tom Barr

 

You can change their flow to reduce it.
Also, simply maintaining good high water levels will reduce it.
Hagen are not bad, plenty of folks use them and CO2.

Of the 9 tanks I have, only 3 have canisters

Regards,
Tom Barr

 

Generally up high and out of the way as the mist and flow come out the bottom and travels downward at first through the tank.

Regards,
Tom Barr