Oh yeah, by whole system, Ithink Kathy means you don't need the whole Hagen system. NOt that the hagen diffuser is asubstiture for all the other CO2 stuff. The whole Hagen system is just a yeast fermentation set up, minus the bottle, right? But the bubble rector is neat. Like the Aqua-Medic/AB unit included inthe AZ Gardens system but much cheaper ;-) Scott H. --- Kathy Olson <kathy@thekrib.com> wrote: > or you can buy the Hagen Diffuser for about $10. This is > the one that you > can watch the bubbles get smaller at the CO2 diffuse, > great for a > chemistry lesson and cool to watch. don't buy the whole > system, just the > diffuser that clips inside the tank. > > Kathy > > > > On Sat, 31 May 2003, S. Hieber wrote: > > > ONe other thing I forgot to mention. You have lots of > > inexpensive options for the injector/reactor. > > > > You can direct the CO2 to the intake of a canister > filter > > Cost = $0 and no CO2 equipment i the aquarium except > the > > airline tubing. > > > > You can use a gravel vacuum tube cost =- about $10 > > > > check out thekrib.com for a pic or ask me. > > > > You can build an external reactor out of PVC parts and > some > > fittings for between $10-$30 and get 100% CO2 > abosorbtion > > and have *no* CO2 equipment in the aquarium. > > > > You can buy a reactor for anywhere from $20 - about > $100. > > BTW, the Rube Goldberg award has to go to this version > -- > > the most complicated and overengineered CO2 device I > have > > ever seen, only about $140 Eurodollars ;-) : > > > > > https://www.marinshop.de/openshop?00000af100000b0c0000e00f0000000468e57934 > > > > Good Luck, > > Scott H. > > > > __________________________________ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to > Outlook(TM). > > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > ------------------ > > To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to > majordomo@thekrib.com > > with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the > message. Archives of > > this list can be found at > http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/ > > > > ------------------ > To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to > majordomo@thekrib.com > with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the > message. Archives of > this list can be found at > http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/ > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com ------------------ To unsubscribe from this list, please send mail to majordomo@thekrib.com with "Unsubscribe aga-member" in the body of the message. Archives of this list can be found at http://lists.thekrib.com/aga-member/