Can I use CO2 scrubber media in a bag like carbon and GFO?

[HawkeyeDJ]

I know it is apparently more efficient and effective to run carbon and GFO in reactors, but I have an AIO and just place bags in my back chamber and they seem to do fine. I don't run a skimmer. Can I do the same with CO2 scrubber media or does it require a scrubber?

My pH runs consistently 7.6 -7.8. I'd like to get it above 8.0 for better coral growth.

I know not to use excessive carbon, because too much is not more effective, just wasteful. And I know using too much GFO can bottom out my PO4. Are there similar concerns with CO2 scrubber media?

 

[spsick]

No very bad it will dissolve and it’s caustic.

 

[Reefer Reboot]

CO2 scrubber media is not supposed to go in the water. Only air is supposed to flow through it.

 

[BiggestE22]

I know it is apparently more efficient and effective to run carbon and GFO in reactors, but I have an AIO and just place bags in my back chamber and they seem to do fine. I don't run a skimmer. Can I do the same with CO2 scrubber media or does it require a scrubber?

My pH runs consistently 7.6 -7.8. I'd like to get it above 8.0 for better coral growth.

I know not to use excessive carbon, because too much is not more effective, just wasteful. And I know using too much GFO can bottom out my PO4. Are there similar concerns with CO2 scrubber media?

If you want to increase ph then just dose kale using a dosing pump.

 

[Dburr1014]

If you want to increase ph then just dose kale using a dosing pump.

Kale in my salad does nothing for my gut ph.
But Kalk in the tank will help ph!

 

[twentyleagues]

Kale in my salad does nothing for my gut ph.
But Kalk in the tank will help ph!

I was so confused for a second. Thanks

 

[michigan-reef]

Do not place CO2 scrubber media in the tank water. Normally the CO2 scrubber media goes in a reactor that is connected to the air intake on your skimmer. Dosing kalkwasser with a dosing pump is the best option to keep ph up (in my opinion). I use the Chris Meckley method. I have run a CO2 scrubber in the past and it definitely helped. However the media gets expensive and once I started dosing Kalk I felt it was not necessary. If however you do not want to dose kalk, BRS sells a very basic reactor for around $40. That is the one I used.

 

[BiggestE22]

I was so confused for a second. Thanks

Kalkwasser. Not kale lol. The Ecotech Versa is a personal favorite previously, but since I have everything Apex in my new build I might use a QD DOS

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley]

FWIW, sodium hydroxide gives the same pH boost per unit of alk added as does limewater (kalkwasser), but without the evaporation limitations.

 

[ChrisfromBrick]

i bought a co2 scrubber for my 69g from a gentleman here and it works well. So easy to set up. Just hook up hose to venturi on your skimmer

Im
not even recirculating it back into the skimmer and the media is still a decent amount white after 2 weeks and i’m getting a stable 8.3-8.4.