Idiomas disponibles
Idiomas disponibles
1.
CO
-bottle
2
2.
Pressure reducer
3.
Magnetic valve
4.
pH control unit
5.
Plug
6.
Bubble counter
7.
Reactor plus
8.
pH electrode
1. Immerse the reactor into the water and turn it upside down. Then, start the pump to ventilate
the reactor's housing.
2. Afterwards, the reactor plus has to be fastened to an aquarium pane with the rubber suckers.
3. Attach the CO
hose to the hose connection (Fig. 1, No. 4).
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4. The flow through the reactor can be controlled by turning the reactor's housing. While doing so,
hold the hose connector firmly so that the lock of the pump housing will not be released.
Note: The reactor has to be filled with water completely.
5. Turn on the circulation pump. Warning: Close the CO
water leakage.
3.
Adjustment
Before using the CO
2-
soon as the pressure
been mounted properly, the reactor can be adjusted.
1. Turn on the circulation pump to start water flow.
2. Open the valve of the CO
3. Adjust the working pressure to 1 - 2 bar at the pressure reducer. The working pressure of the
regular is set to 1.5 bar.
4. Open the needle valve of the pressure reducer slowly. In doing so, check the flow of CO
bubbles at the bubble counter.
5. The initial flow should be approx. 30 bubbles/minute. Check the pH value in the aquarium!
6. The CO
will flow into the reactor and dissolve in water flow.
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7. Determine the CO
number of bubbles per minute daily until the correct CO
days until the proper CO
determined using table 1.
Check the pH value reguarly and adjust the CO
The CO
gas in the pressure bottle is 99.8% pure carbon dioxide. The remaining 0.2% are
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nitrogen, oxygen and other insoluble gases. These impurities are collected in the CO
and can decrease its efficiency. An air hole allows these gases to escape automatically when they
reach a preset concentration. Because of this, gas bubbles will leave the reactor again and again.
This is absolutely normal and necessary.
Raising the carbonate hardness (alcalinity)
Aquarium water, fresh or salt water should have a minimum carbonate hardness of 4 – 6 °KH (1.5
– 2 mmol/l). Below this limit, the pH of the water cannot be stabilized. Biological processes
produce permanently organic acids that reduce the carbonate hardness. Filtration with peat or the
use of other acids (Phosphoric acid or hydrochloric acid). If peat products are used for filtration,
the carbonate hardness of the water should be checked weekly. If the KH drops below 4° in fresh
water or 6 ° in salt water, it should be raised. We recommend the buffer tablets Aqua Medic
aqua+ KH.
4.
The optimum CO
The quantity of CO
2
and the pH-value of the water. The higher the carbonate hardness, the higher is the CO
concentration – at the same pH-value. But high levels of carbon dioxide can lead to suffocation of
fish and other marine life.
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reactor,
the pressure reducer has to be fitted to the
reducer,
the bubble counter, the non-return valve and the CO
pressure bottle.
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content in the water using a pH controller or a pH test. Increase the
2
level is reached and maintained. The correct quantity of CO
2
quantity
2
that can be dissolved in water depends on the carbonate hardness (alcalinity)
hose with a non-return valve to prevent
2
level is reached. It may take some
2
bubble amount as required.
2
CO
storage bottle.
As
2
reactor have
2-
can be
2
-reactor plus
2
2
2-
