CO2 scrubber

spstimie · 08/12/2009, 02:52 PM

http://www.reefbuilders.com/2009/08/...ises-raise-ph/

The best part is It just got released and I already figured out the DIY

Jeff · 08/12/2009, 03:04 PM

Hello from Chicago!
I saw that and drooled over it since it would help my low ph problem. The problem in my case is that it would probably exhaust in a month and the refills are expensive. It looks to be a modified RO/DI chamber with some kind of media. I am running around 225 gallons of water thru my system which, I belive, would kill that thing rather quickly.
Please let us know what you figured out

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stugray · 08/12/2009, 06:15 PM

You are talking about "Soda-lime".

It is also used in re-breathers for regenerative scuba systems.

Stu

reefsafe · 08/12/2009, 08:24 PM

Be careful guys. This product has a patent pending and DIY'ing does violate patents. Just a heads up.

Mike

Jeff · 08/12/2009, 09:50 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by reefsafe
Be careful guys. This product has a patent pending and DIY'ing does violate patents. Just a heads up.

Mike

Good point but it would be nice to be able to at least get the media cheaply.

stugray · 08/12/2009, 10:41 PM

"Be careful guys. This product has a patent pending and DIY'ing does violate patents. Just a heads up."

Yes but this is another case of "been there done that".

You cannot ( let me rephrase - SHOULD NOT be able to ) patent something that has been done for MANY years.....

Scrubbing CO2 from water is not a new technology.
Just because someone comes along and says "AS IT APPLIES to AQUARIA" does not mean you thought of something "novel".

If you get a patent for that NOW, it just means the patent office has run AMOK.

Stu

Dont even get me started over the "Solaris LED suit", or the "Recirculating Skimmer" patent.

spstimie · 08/13/2009, 10:30 AM

That is why I did not respond to someone asking me what I know. If it only took me 24 hours to figure it out then the information is available.

stugray · 08/13/2009, 12:31 PM

I say good luck with their "Patent Pending":

http://www.extendair.com/productfrm.html

You can get the cartridges or bulk scrubber material even cheaper than they are charging:

http://www.divegearexpress.com/rebre...bsorbent.shtml

Stu

08/12/2009, 02:52 PM	#1
spstimie Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: aurora Posts: 736	CO2 scrubber http://www.reefbuilders.com/2009/08/...ises-raise-ph/ The best part is It just got released and I already figured out the DIY

08/12/2009, 03:04 PM	#2
Jeff Registered Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 11,907	Hello from Chicago! I saw that and drooled over it since it would help my low ph problem. The problem in my case is that it would probably exhaust in a month and the refills are expensive. It looks to be a modified RO/DI chamber with some kind of media. I am running around 225 gallons of water thru my system which, I belive, would kill that thing rather quickly. Please let us know what you figured out . __________________ Always remember.... any time you reef, you also reef with every reefer that reefer has reefed with. Mitch 2/18/10 IWNFT343F Current Tank Info: Innovative Marine 20

08/12/2009, 06:15 PM	#3
stugray Premium Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Longmont, Co Posts: 4,566	You are talking about "Soda-lime". It is also used in re-breathers for regenerative scuba systems. Stu __________________ Some people think that I have Attention Deficit Disorder. They just dont understand that........ Hey! Look a chicken! Well, We KNOW GOD exists, but for US to exist without a GOD is preposterous….Umm wait a minute…. Sounds a bit circular to me… Current Tank Info: 125 Gal. display w/80 gal mud/caulerpa sump. Basement sump w/ LED Grow Light,Gravity fed Reeflo200 skimmer w/ ORCA Recirc, DIY calc reactor & kalk stirrer. Inline plumbed 75 Gal frag/settling tank.

08/12/2009, 08:24 PM	#4
reefsafe Premium Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Arvada, CO Posts: 2,332	Be careful guys. This product has a patent pending and DIY'ing does violate patents. Just a heads up. Mike __________________ Is there such thing as a big enough tank? Tank build: http://www.reefcentral.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1969509 Current Tank Info: 360 Gallon AGE tank, Radion lighting, mp60 pumps and lots of equipment

08/12/2009, 10:41 PM	#6
stugray Premium Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Longmont, Co Posts: 4,566	"Be careful guys. This product has a patent pending and DIY'ing does violate patents. Just a heads up." Yes but this is another case of "been there done that". You cannot ( let me rephrase - SHOULD NOT be able to ) patent something that has been done for MANY years..... Scrubbing CO2 from water is not a new technology. Just because someone comes along and says "AS IT APPLIES to AQUARIA" does not mean you thought of something "novel". If you get a patent for that NOW, it just means the patent office has run AMOK. Stu Dont even get me started over the "Solaris LED suit", or the "Recirculating Skimmer" patent. __________________ Some people think that I have Attention Deficit Disorder. They just dont understand that........ Hey! Look a chicken! Well, We KNOW GOD exists, but for US to exist without a GOD is preposterous….Umm wait a minute…. Sounds a bit circular to me… Current Tank Info: 125 Gal. display w/80 gal mud/caulerpa sump. Basement sump w/ LED Grow Light,Gravity fed Reeflo200 skimmer w/ ORCA Recirc, DIY calc reactor & kalk stirrer. Inline plumbed 75 Gal frag/settling tank.

08/13/2009, 10:30 AM	#7
spstimie Registered Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: aurora Posts: 736	That is why I did not respond to someone asking me what I know. If it only took me 24 hours to figure it out then the information is available. __________________ "This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object." Current Tank Info: 75 DT, 14 Biocube, 50 frag, 3 plant

08/13/2009, 12:31 PM	#8
stugray Premium Member Join Date: May 2004 Location: Longmont, Co Posts: 4,566	I say good luck with their "Patent Pending": http://www.extendair.com/productfrm.html You can get the cartridges or bulk scrubber material even cheaper than they are charging: http://www.divegearexpress.com/rebre...bsorbent.shtml Stu __________________ Some people think that I have Attention Deficit Disorder. They just dont understand that........ Hey! Look a chicken! Well, We KNOW GOD exists, but for US to exist without a GOD is preposterous….Umm wait a minute…. Sounds a bit circular to me… Current Tank Info: 125 Gal. display w/80 gal mud/caulerpa sump. Basement sump w/ LED Grow Light,Gravity fed Reeflo200 skimmer w/ ORCA Recirc, DIY calc reactor & kalk stirrer. Inline plumbed 75 Gal frag/settling tank.